Paredes

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Dental Services Give Rise to Alleged Debt Paredes and her family obtained dental services from Tiffany N. Mai, D.D.S., Inc., d/b/a Mai Dental Specialists (Mai Dental) on various dates between May 2015 and March 2016. Before receiving dental treatment, Paredes understood from speaking with a Mai

1 An anti-SLAPP motion is “a special motion to strike a ‘strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP).’ ” (Parrish v. Latham & Watkins (2017) 3 Cal.5th 767, 773–774.) 2 Unspecified statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure. 3 We draw the following facts from the pleadings, the supporting declarations submitted in the trial court, and the documents submitted along with both parties’ requests for judicial notice, which the trial court granted and neither side disputes. We accept Paredes’s factual assertions as true for the purpose of resolving whether the trial court erred in its denial of the anti-SLAPP motion and consider only whether any contrary evidence from Credit Consulting establishes its entitlement to prevail as a matter of law. (Park v. Board of Trustees of California State University (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1057, 1067…