Kougasian v. Tmsl, Inc.

359 F.3d 1136 Dawn KOUGASIAN; William James Kougasian, by his guardian ad litem, Dawn Kougasian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TMSL, INC., a corporation; Howard More; K & K Insurance Group, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56781. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 5, 2003 — Pasadena, California. Filed February 26, 2004. John W. Powell, Irvine, California, for the appellants. Philip D. Weiss and Donald Ornelas, Jr., Agajanian, McFall, Weiss, Tetreault & Crist, Los Angeles, California; James G. Boedecker, Mill Valley, California, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Florence Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-05243-FMC. Before Harry PREGERSON, Robert E. COWEN, * and William A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge William A. Fletcher. OPINION WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge. 1 This is the fourth in a series of suits arising out of a skiing accident in which appellant's husband, James Kougasian, was killed. The district court dismissed the suit for want of subject matter jurisdiction based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.…