Rancho Guejito v. Perdue CA4/1

I.

INTRODUCTION

Rancho Guejito Corporation (Rancho Guejito) filed a petition seeking a workplace

violence restraining order against Mitchell A. Perdue after a series of incidents involving Perdue after Rancho Guejito refused to pay Perdue approximately $326,000 for services

that he claimed he had provided to Rancho Guejito. Prior to the hearing on Rancho

Guejito's petition for a permanent workplace violence restraining order, Perdue filed a

special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public

participation) law. The trial court denied the motion to strike, and proceeded to issue a

three-year workplace violence restraining order against Perdue.

On appeal, Perdue contends that the trial court erred in denying his anti-SLAPP

motion, and further contends that the trial court erred in issuing the workplace violence

restraining order. We conclude that Perdue has not established reversible error, and,

therefore, affirm the orders of the trial court.

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual background

Rancho Guejito is a 23,000-acre ranch in San Diego County. In 2005 and 2006,

Perdue provided rangeland management services to…