Volunteer coached fourth grade basketball team in an after school program. When a problem arose with one boy, the coach tried to work things out with his parents to no avail. The parents rallied others to remove the coach, and the coach was told not to return the next year. The coach, a lawyer who represented himself, sued the PTA and three other volunteers who ran the after school program alleging eight causes of action including libel, slander, negligence and fraud. Defendants filed an anti-SLAPP motion [CCP § 425.16] which was denied. The appellate court reversed and remanded matter to trial court to hold a hearing to award defendants their attorney fees. Hecimovich v. Encinal School Parent Teacher Organization (Cal. App. First Dist., Div. 2; February 9, 2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 450, [137 Cal.Rptr.3d 455].
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