INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS v. MICHAEL
Where company that acquired a county hospital defaulted on its line of credit and defendant sent e-mail message to medical executive committee members and several others concerning hospital's financial condition, e-mail message involved matter of public interest within meaning of anti-SLAPP statute. Company failed to show it would prevail on its claims of defamation, where e-mail suggested company was near bankruptcy but company did not provide evidence of finances showing that suggestion was false; breach of contract, where defendant's employer contractually agreed with company to publicly support it, but there was no evidence defendant personally waived his First Amendment rights; and tortious interference in business with third party, where defendant never sent e-mail to third party and company showed no evidence of defendant's intent to interfere in its negotiations with third party.
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