Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Alla Medical Services, Inc.

855 F.2d 1470 57 USLW 2210 , 12 Fed.R.Serv.3d 173 , RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 7022 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. No. 87-6105. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1988. Decided Sept. 2, 1988. 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. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TANG, BOOCHEVER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 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…