Does section 425.16 of the Anti-SLAPP Act apply to mixed causes of action?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Zaghi v. Levy, B258847 (Cal. App. 2016):

In applying section 425.16 to mixed causes of action, "it is the principal thrust or gravamen of the plaintiff's cause of action that determines whether the anti-SLAPP statute applies [citation], and when the allegations referring to arguably protected activity are only incidental to a cause of action based essentially on nonprotected activity, collateral allusions to protected activity should not subject the cause of action to the anti-SLAPP statute." (Martinez v. Metabolife Internat., Inc. (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 181,

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