LaPierre v. Low McKinley Baleria & Salenko, LLP CA
Plaintiff Maureen LaPierre, in propia persona, purports to appeal from an order granting two separate special motions to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.18 (the anti-SLAPPback statute), one by defendant Efrain Gonzalez, M.D., and another by defendant Low McKinley Baleria & Salenko, LLP (LMBS), a law firm representing Gonzalez in an underlying medical malpractice action. Following several years of litigation in the medical malpractice action and related bankruptcy proceedings, Gonzalez, through LMBS, commenced a separate action seeking a civil harassment restraining order against LaPierre under section 527.6. LaPierre prevailed on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike the civil harassment petition, and then filed a separate action against Gonzalez and LMBS (together, defendants), asserting causes of action for malicious prosecution, abuse of process and defamation.
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