A California appellate court upheld the denial of a defendant’s special motion to strike a complaint filed against him by a fellow attorney as part of a decades-long dispute involving claims of malpractice, malicious prosecution, fraud and bankruptcy.
Case: Silas v. Wegman, No. B321219, 07/13/2023, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Attorney Martina A. Silas represented a client in a personal injury action in 1995, resulting in a jury award that was later overturned on the basis of workers’ compensation exclusivity.
The client then hired attorney James Ellis Arden to pur...
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