Case Number:
22SMCV01361
Hearing Date:
March 2, 2023
Dept:
P
Tentative Ruling
Finkton v. Bar-Ziv, Case No. 22SMCV01361
Hearing Date March 2, 2023
Defendants Special Motion to Strike and Demurrer/Motion to Strike
Plaintiff Finkton alleges defendant Bar-Ziv conspired to have him involuntarily psychiatrically committed at UCLA per Welf. & Inst. Code §5150. Finkton alleges Bar-Ziv used the hospitalization as a pretext to wrongfully fire Finkton from Blue Sparrow, a hedge fund, and deprive him of his stake in the funds investments.
Bar-Ziv and Blue Sparrow move to strike the first through fourth and seventh causes of action for wrongful termination, interference with contractual relations, defamation, breach of the covenant of good faith and faith and fair dealing and violation of the California confidentiality of medical information act, arguing these claims arise out of activity protected by the anti-SLAPP statute. They also demur to the first, fourth, s
Hearing Date
March 02, 2023
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Case Number:
22SMCV01361
Hearing Date:
March 2, 2023
Dept:
P
Tentative Ruling
Finkton v. Bar-Ziv, Case No. 22SMCV01361
Hearing Date March 2, 2023
Defendants Special Motion to Strike and Demurrer/Motion to Strike
Plaintiff Finkton alleges defendant Bar-Ziv conspired to have him involuntarily psychiatrically committed at UCLA per Welf. & Inst. Code §5150. Finkton alleges Bar-Ziv used the hospitalization as a pretext to wrongfully fire Finkton from Blue Sparrow, a hedge fund, and deprive him of his stake in the funds investments.
Bar-Ziv and Blue Sparrow move to strike the first through fourth and seventh causes of action for wrongful termination, interference with contractual relations, defamation, breach of the covenant of good faith and faith and fair dealing and violation of the California confidentiality of medical information act, arguing these claims arise out of activity protected by the anti-SLAPP statute. They also demur to the first, fourth, s