Sycamore Ridge Apartments v. Naumann
Plaintiff Sycamore Ridge Apartments, LLC (Sycamore Ridge) appeals from orders of the trial court granting the defendants' motions to strike under the anti-SLAPP law. Defendants Megan Pukahi, William H. Naumann, Christopher H. Hagen, Lisa D. Stepp, Steven M. Nunoz, and Naumann & Levine LLP (collectively Naumann defendants) and Jeffrey LaFave and LaFave & Rice (jointly LaFave defendants) filed the anti SLAPP motions in response to Sycamore Ridge's malicious prosecution action against them, arising from Pukahi's participation as a plaintiff in Gonzalez, et al. v. Sycamore Ridge Apartments LLC, et al. (Case No. GIC812933) (Gonzalez).On appeal, Sycamore Ridge contends that the trial court erred in granting the defendants' anti-SLAPP motions because Sycamore Ridge established a probability of succeeding on its malicious prosecution claims. Specifically, Sycamore Ridge asserts that the evidence establishes that there was no probable cause to support Pukahi's portion of the lawsuit and that her claims were prosecuted with malice.
Court conclude that Sycamore Ridge demonstrated a probability of prevailing on its malicious prosecution claim, and that the trial court thus erred in granting defendants' anti SLAPP motions.
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