Durning v. Cohen CA2/1
Defendants Raymond Cohen and Raymond M. Cohen, CPA, a Professional Corporation (collectively, Cohen) appeal from the trial court’s denial of their special motion to strike brought under the anti-SLAPP statute, Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16. Cohen brought the motion in a lawsuit filed by plaintiff and respondent Mary Ann Durning alleging that Cohen and other accounting professionals engaged in a years-long conspiracy—first to manipulate Ms. Durning’s ailing husband, actor Charles Durning, to amend his estate plan to disinherit her in favor of Mr. Durning’s children; then to deprive plaintiff of her share of community property, while saddling her with disproportionate tax liabilities; and finally to charge her for accounting services she did not receive.
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