Yelp!/Youch!: Plastic Surgeon Hit With $20,000 in SLAPP and $2,000 in Private Attorney General Fee Awards.
As reported by Gary Klien in a June 24, 2011 post carried in MercuryNews.com, a Marin County cosmetic surgeon (Ms. Kimberly Henry of Greenbrae) was assessed $20,000 in attorney’s fees for losing a SLAPP motion brought by a former patient who was sued for her patient’s bad Yelp reviews. The surgeon was also ordered to pay $2,000 in fees to defendant’s lawyer for the “public interest benefit” aspect of his work on the case.
Oceano Community Services District May Get SLAPPed Harder–Nearly $75,000 in Fees According to a Tentative Decision.
Lisa Rizzo, in her June 24, 2011 post on calcoastnews.com, reports that the Oceano Community Services District may get SLAPPed harder, with a tentative decision assessing nearly $75,000 in attorney’s fees after it was found to have illegally appointed Lori Angelo to the board after Barbara Mann resigned from the board. That was the recent tentative decision by San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Charles Crandall.