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North River Farms foes face lawsuit heat - updated Aug. 22
The residents of Oceanside need to rally and support the defendants in this thinly veiled malicious SLAPP lawsuit. The Attorney behind it is Bradley Hertz from the Sutton Law Firm who did exactly the same thing to us in Redondo Beach. We were lucky to have the support of our community and we finally won in court after spending over $900,000 in legal expenses. Sadly they have appealed the case so it may be years before we see one dime. Below are links detailing some of the shenanigans they pulled in our city. http://www.rescueourwaterfront.org/2020/08/13/cen… http://www.rescueourwaterfront.org/2019/04/12/cen… http://www.rescueourwaterfront.org/2019/06/27/jud…— August 13, 2020 2:18 p.m.
The dirty tricks of North River Farms
The Sutton Law firm was retained by developer CenterCal Properties to sue our local community group Rescue Our Waterfront in Redondo Beach using almost the exact same tactics in July of 2017. They even “engaged” locals to file it in their name who the judge in their ruling called shills in a sham lawsuit actually filed on behalf of the developer. We won a judgement for $898,000 to pay our legal expenses last year but that has been appealed. Sadly there is no way to tell how long or how many years it will take before we see any payment. Personally we have also lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal income, and their supporters have threatened our businesses and harassed our families. This was truly a SLAP lawsuit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) that should have been thrown out the moment it came to court. Sutton law firm and their attorney Bradley Hertz merely tried to find a way around the law. This was done by using local residents who claim to be filing the lawsuit in their names when the developer was actually paying all the legal expenses. It’s all done to avoid violating the Anti SLAPP law prohibiting companies from filing these types of baseless lawsuits. You can follow the details below on our website. Lawsuit Payment Judgement http://www.rescueourwaterfront.org/.../judgement-… Lawsuit Ruling Judgement http://www.rescueourwaterfront.org/.../centercal.…— May 12, 2020 1:57 p.m.