Katy Young settled a malicious prosecution action in favor of our client. The client was scheduled for trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court on December 19, 2022 against Defendants for breach of contract and fraud. Defendants had a cross-complaint on file as well. On December 5, Defendants unexpectedly filed an entirely new action in Federal Court, alleging causes of action that should have been brought in their cross-complaint in state court. Ad Astra got the federal case dismissed on the first motion.
A few months later, Defendants filed a new state court action against our client, again for causes of action that should have been in their cross-complaint in the main case. The new case went to a different judge than the one handling the main case. Ad Astra moved that the cases be related and assigned to the judge in the main case. The court agreed, and the cases were related and moved to the main judge’s court. Upon relating the cases, Defendants dismissed their second state court action.
Upon prevailing at trial in the main case, the client brought a malicious prosecution action against the Defendants for wrongfully filing two other cases in an effort to harass her and diminish her capability of prosecuting her claims in the main case. The lawyer for the Defendants was named as a defendant in the malicious prosecution case. Insurance defense counsel came in to defend the lawyer and offered a good settlement after some effort on Ad Astra’s part. The client feels vindicated and appreciated our tireless efforts to represent her interests.