Blackburn v. Herrick CA4/1
This appeal arises out of a convoluted set of facts, as malicious prosecution actions often do. The underlying suit, brought by Catherine Herrick as cotrustee of her late father's trust, was based on an alleged loan secured by an apartment complex. The trust claimed that the borrower was delinquent in payments and fraudulently transferred the apartment complex to avoid its obligation. It sued the buyer of the apartment property—or rather, three parties it suspected were the buyers—too. The trust lost.
Based on that action, the purported buyers sued Catherine and the trust's attorneys for malicious prosecution. But the malicious prosecution action was short lived. It did not survive the various defendants' anti-SLAPP motions—which are now before us on appeal.
We affirm the orders in favor of Catherine and the trust attorneys.
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