ESTATE OF

905 F.2d 1272 16 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1253 The ESTATE OF George Augustus BISHOP, By and Through its duly appointed Executrix, Pearl Kathleen BISHOP; Pearl Kathleen Bishop, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION, also known as Bechtel Power Corporation and Affiliated Interests; Connecticut General Life Insurance Company; Kathleen Susan Campbell and Karen Louise Drake (daughters and heirs of George Augustus Bishop), Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-55018. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 9, 1990. Decided June 8, 1990. Lee W. Landrum, Carlsbad, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Donald A. Newman, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee Bechtel Power Corp. Mark B. Bennett, McMenamin & Hackworth, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellee Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before HUG, SCHROEDER and HALL, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs in a employee disability insurance dispute timely appealed the district court's orders denying remand to state court and imposing sanctions against their…