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BACKGROUND

The personal injury lawsuit In December 2015, appellants were injured in an automobile accident. Appellants received medical care at Community Hospital Long Beach (CHLB), a branch of Long Beach Memorial. In January 2016, appellants filed a personal injury lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court (BC606992).

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. 2 Appellants also appeal Long Beach Memorial’s motion for attorney’s fees and the orders awarding respondents’ respective requests for costs in connection with the anti-SLAPP motions.

2 In February 2016, respondents served hospital liens on appellants pursuant to Civil Code section 3045.1 to collect for the medical services performed at CHLB. The personal injury case settled and was dismissed in August 2019. In January 2020, appellants filed an interpleader action against respondents in Los Angeles County Superior Court (20LBCV00068). Appellants alleged an interpleader was required because there were multiple claims to the two settlement checks appellants received from the personal injury action. These claims allegedly exceeded the proceeds of the two settlement checks. In August 2021,…