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Litigation

Apr. 18, 2015

Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against three firms

A Los Angeles judge tossed out a $60 million defamation lawsuit Thursday against three major plaintiffs' firms accused of making false and defamatory statements about a hospital administrator and his company on a media blitz last summer.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Los Angeles judge on Thursday tossed out a $50 million lawsuit against three major plaintiffs' firms accused of making false and defamatory statements about a hospital administrator and his company during a media blitz last summer.


On an anti-SLAPP motion, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico dismissed the lawsuit filed last October by Michael D. Drobot, the owner and operat...

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