BROWNSVILLE GOLDEN AGE NURSING HOME, INC., Appellant, v. Joann WELLS, Paula Snyder, Joyce McNamara and John Heinz

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• applying petitioning immunity to the defendant's notification to government agencies and mobilization of public awareness concerning violations of the law at a nursing home
• applying defamation and Noerr-Pennington analyses to tort claim based on the defendants’ actions in alerting authorities to plaintiffs violations of law
• explaining that tortious interference claims are subject to Noerr-Pennington immunity
• granting defendant’s summary judgment motion and holding that defendants, senator and private citizens, could not be held tortiously liable for attempting to bring nursing homes’ noncompliance with state regulations and laws to the attention of appropriate authorities
• defendants were immune from conspiracy liability for damages resulting from inducing official action to decertify a nursing home
• “liability cannot be imposed for damage caused by inducing legislative, administrative, or judicial action.”

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