Court Orders Chiropractor to Pay $165,442 for Failed Extortion Lawsuit

A Southern California chiropractor was ordered to pay $165,442 in attorney fees and costs for a failed extortion complaint that was thrown out under California’s anti-SLAPP statute. John Larson in June 2015 sued attorneys Thomas Fraysse and Eric Danowitz of Knox Ricksen LLP, as well as solo practitioner Stephen Phillipson, saying they tried to strong-arm him into dismissing liens by threatening to have him charged with fraud. Fraysse, Danowitz and Phillipson were representing carriers who filed a whistleblower complaint against a group of people an Orange County grand jury indicte...