Spix

Filed 2/9/22; Modified and Certified for Part. Pub. 3/4/22 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

LA INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al., B304734

Plaintiffs and Respondents, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC544662) v.

RICHARD SPIX et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Barbara Marie Scheper, Judge. Affirmed. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup, Bartley L. Becker and Kenneth C. Feldman for Defendants and Appellants. The E. Johnson Law Firm, Erik L. Johnson; Houston Law of California and Troy G. Houston for Plaintiffs and Respondents. —————————— Defendants and appellants Richard Spix, Deborah Elizabeth Martin, and Law Office of Spix & Martin (collectively, the Attorney Defendants) appeal from a judgment following a jury’s verdict finding them liable to plaintiffs and respondents LA Investments, LLC, a California limited liability company (LAI) and Peter Starflinger (Starflinger) (sometimes collectively referred to as plaintiffs) for malicious prosecution. After the trial court determined as a…