Filed 12/20/05

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

 

 

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

 

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

 

DIVISION FOUR

 

 

 

WADE MAJOR,   Plaintiff and Respondent,   v.   OZZIE SILNA,   Defendant and Appellant.

B176846   (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SC080919)

 

 

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Terry B. Friedman, Judge. Reversed and remanded.

Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall, Michael Bergman, Abraham M. Rudy, and Anjani Mandavia for Defendant and Appellant.

Richards, Watson & Gershon, Steven R. Orr, and Ginetta L. Giovinco for Plaintiff and Respondent.

 

After respondent Wade Major voluntarily dismissed his action for injunctive relief against appellant Ozzie Silna, the trial court denied Silna's request for attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16^[1]--the law curtailing the filing of strategic lawsuits against public participation, often called the â€