ADRIANA INTERN. CORP. v. THOEREN

Nos. 88-6107, 88-6424.

913 F.2d 1406 (1990)

ADRIANA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, and Lewis & Company; L. Burke Lewis; Amy J. Cassedy; Arthur L. Martin, Intervenors-Appellants, v. Konstantin THOEREN; Patrola Films, Inc.; Patrola, G.m.b.H., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees, v. Hans A. KUNZ; Anthony M. Midgen; Kemal Zeinal-Zade; Arian Films Productions, Ltd., Third-party-defendants-Appellants. Burke LEWIS; Amy J. Cassedy; Arthur L. Martin; Lewis & Company, Intervenors-Appellants, and Hans A. Kunz; Anthony M. Midgen; Arian Films Productions, Ltd., Cross-defendants-Appellants, v. Konstantin THOEREN, et al.; Patrola Films, Inc.; Patrola, G.m.b.H., Defendants-counter-claimants-cross-claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Collins, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants Adriana Intern. Corp., et al. and Hans A. Kunz, et al.

L. Burke Lewis, Lewis & Co., Malibu, Cal., for appellant Lewis & Co., et al.

Michael K. Zweig, Sacks & Zweig, Santa Monica, Cal., for appellees Konstantin Thoeren, et al.

Before ALARCON, BRUNETTI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

Adriana International Corporation, Arian Film Productions, Kemal Zade, Hans Kunz and Anthony Midgen (collectively "Adriana") appeal from the district court's dismissal of Adriana International Corporation's complaint, striking of all their answers to cross-claims and entry of default judgment as a sanction for discovery abuses. The court entered a judgment in favor of Thoeren for $8.5 million.1

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