Zurich American Ins. Co. of Illinois v. VForce Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE No. 2:18-cv-02066-DAD-CKD

COMPANY OF ILLINOIS

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v.

VFORCE INC., ET AL.,

15 Defendant.

17 VFORCE INC., a California corporation; Cross-Claimant, v. CORTECH, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company; BEAN TEAM NETWORK 2 LLC Cross-claimant, v. CORTECH, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company; BEAN TEAM NETWORK 2 LLC, Cross-defendants.

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//// This order concerns sanctions against attorney John Shoreman, counsel for third-party

defendants Accuire, LLC, Capserv, Inc., Kaiserkane Consulting, LLC, Michael A. DiManno,

Richard Gardner, Charles Musgrove, Melissa Oglesby, and Bean Team Network 2 LLC

(hereinafter, “third-party defendants”). As set fo rth below, the undersigned finds that Mr. Shoreman engaged in conduct that fell below professional standards by failing to investigate whether designated counsel, Mohammed Aly, consented to serve as local…