The California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 29 that a picket line outside the home of a real estate company’s chief executive officer following a Rialto couple’s eviction from their home after the 2008 financial crisis was a protected activity under California law.
Wedgewood CEO Greg Geiser filed for civil harassment restraining orders against Mercedes and Pablo Caamal, who had lost their jobs and eventually their Rialto home after the 2008 property-value downturn.
The couple had bought their home in 2006 for $450,000. Wedgewood bought the home at a foreclosure auction in 2015 for $284,000, after the Caamals fell behind on their mortgage payments.
Wedgewood attempted
