Paul Christopher Clifford's Legal Cases (3)

Libel and slander

Wong v. Jing (2010) 189 Cal.App.4th 1354

Nov 09, 2010

OUTCOME: Six of seven claims were dismissed under the anti-SLAPP law and more than $80,000 in attorneys fees were awarded.

The trial court denied an anti-SLAPP motion to strike a dentist's claims of libel per se and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, filed against two parents and Yelp!, arising fro ... m a negative review on Yelp! regarding the dentist's treatment of the parents' child. The Court of Appeal held that six of the seven claims should have been dismissed pursuant to the anti-SLAPP law. On remand, more than $80,000 in attorneys fees were awarded

Libel and slander

Barrett v. Rosenthal (2006) 40 Cal.4th 33

Nov 20, 2006

OUTCOME: Entire lawsuit was dismissed as to our client, after a trip to the California Supreme Court, and more than $434,000 was awarded for attorneys fees and costs.

Three plaintiffs, vocal critics of alternative medicine, sued our client, breast-implant awareness activist Ilena Rosenthal, for defamation and related claims, based on critical comments she made about ... two of them on the Internet. The trial court granted her anti-SLAPP motion. The Court of Appeal affirmed this ruling as to two plaintiffs, but reversed as to the third. The California Supreme Court held that the third plaintiffâ€™s claims should be dismissed as well, ruling that Rosenthal was protected from civil liability for republication of the words of another on the Internet by section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act. On remand, the trial court awarded more than $434,000 for attorneys fees.

Constitutional

Thomas v. Quintero (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 635

Feb 04, 2005

OUTCOME: Landord's lawsuit against our client was dismissed pursuant our client's anti-SLAPP motion.

Our client, John Quintero, was part of organized public protests against Richard Thomas, his landlord. After Quintero and others appeared at Thomasâ€™s church, Thomas filed a petition against Quintero ... seeking injunctive relief against civil harassment (per Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6). Quintero filed an anti-SLAPP motion, which the trial court denied. The appellate court reversed, holding that the section 527.6 petition to enjoin civil harassment was subject to an anti-SLAPP motion and the plaintiff had not shown that the lawsuit had any merit.

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