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Appeals Court: Yes, Suing The Family Of People You Killed In A Car Crash For Defamation Is A SLAPP Suit (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I missed it, but were there any consequences for filing the SLAPP? The suit was tossed, which is a good start, but then what? The article made it sound like California has anti-SLAPP laws, but were they applied here?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah. They said it's now righted the wrong, but I don't think so.

Usually, the anti-SLAPP statute specifies that the SLAPPing party needs to pay the defendant's legal fees, but in this case they were represented pro bono by a high-profile attorney, so maybe that's the only remedy and it just didn't apply.