Flannery
Southern California Gas Co. v. Flannery
Opinion
Opinion
Kriegler, J.
This case involves a judgment in an interpleader action initiated by plaintiff and respondent Southern California Gas Company (the Gas Co.) against (1) defendant and appellant Patrick J. Flannery; (2) defendant and appellant Law Offices of Joseph Daneshrad (Daneshrad); (3) defendants and respondents Scott J. Tepper and Tepper’s law firm, Garfield & Tepper (collectively, Tepper); and (4) defendant and respondent Andrea L. Murray. In an earlier published opinion, this court affirmed the lower court’s denial of Flannery’s special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (Anti-SLAPP Motion). (Southern California Gas Co. v. Flannery (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 477 [ 181 Cal.Rptr.3d 436 ].) After remand, the Gas Co., Murray, and Tepper each filed a motion seeking payment from the interpleaded funds on different grounds, and the court ultimately granted some portion of the funds sought by each party. Flannery and Daneshrad appeal, and we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
We begin with an overview of the parties to this appeal and their respective roles in three cases, of which the last is the interpleader case on appeal.