Koerner v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Clayton Koerner, a California insurance broker, appeals from district court orders denying his motions to remand and to voluntarily dismiss, and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Aetna U.S. Healthcare, in Koerner’s diversity action alleging that Aetna violated California law by directly soliciting and contracting with Koerner’s customers. Since removal was proper based on diversity jurisdiction, and Koerner failed to present evidence to establish damages, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Koerner’s motion for voluntary dismissal. We affirm.
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