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Modification: Williams v. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto

Lower Court

Stanislaus County Superior Court

Lower Court Judge

Sonny S. Sandhu

Doctor was not precluded from bringing second lawsuit because the issues in the fee order and anti-SLAPP order were not identical.





Court

California Courts of Appeal 5DCA

Cite as

2024 DJDAR 3585

Published

Apr. 29, 2024

Filing Date

Apr. 25, 2024

Opinion Type

Modification

Disposition Type

Reversed and Remanded

Case Fully Briefed

Nov. 14, 2023

Oral Argument

Mar. 21, 2024


R. MICHAEL WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC. et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

 

No. F084700/F085710

(Consolidated)

(Stanislaus Super. Ct. No. CV-20-004732)

California Court of Appeal

Fifth Appellate District

Filed April 25, 2024

 

Order Modifying Opinion
[No Change in Judgment]

 

THE COURT:

It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on March 27, 2024, be modified as follows:

1. On page 1, the second paragraph beginning "Arnold & Porter" is deleted and replaced with:

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Sean M. SeLegue, Samuel E. Sokolsky; Law Offices of James M. Braden and James M. Braden for Plaintiff and Appellant.

2. All references to "MCE" are replaced with "MEC."

There is no change in the judgment.

 

POOCHIGIAN, Acting P. J.

 

WE CONCUR:

MEEHAN, J.

DE SANTOS, J.

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