Korman

Filed 8/19/14 Korman v. Schott CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

BOB KORMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,

A136581

v. NICOLE SCHOTT, (San Francisco City and County Super. Ct. No. CGC-12-519187) Defendant and Respondent.

Plaintiffs Bob Korman and Nancy Ryti commenced this action to recover compensatory and punitive damages against named defendant Nancy Schott and Does 1- 40, based on allegedly defamatory and libelous statements posted on “Yelp, a Web site that collects consumer reviews of businesses.” (Bently Reserve LP v. Papaliolios (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 418, 423 (Bently Reserve).) Before filing an answer, Schott specially moved to strike the complaint under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16,1 the anti- SLAPP…