AETNA LIFE INS. CO. v. ALLA MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

No. 87-6105.

855 F.2d 1470 (1988)

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALLA MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.; Management Multi-Diagnostics, Inc.; Upland Medical Ancillary Services, Intelligent Health Systems, Inc.; David Smushkevich; Michael Smushkevich, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and The Law Firm of Case, Schroeder, Knowlson, Mobley & Burnett, Real Parties in Interest-Apellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Wright, Case, Schroeder, Knowlson, Mobley & Burnett, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

John L. Fort, John L. Fort, P.C., Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TANG, BOOCHEVER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


TANG, Circuit Judge:

The law firm of Case, Schroeder, Knowlson, Mobley and Burnett ("Case Schroeder") appeals the district court's imposition of $750.00 in sanctions against it under Rule 11 for filing a frivolous motion to dismiss. The underlying action was brought by Aetna Life Insurance Co. ("Aetna") against various individual defendants and medical testing firms (collectively "Defendants") represented by Case Schroeder. The complaint alleged state law fraud and...

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