Case Name: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY; Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Allstate Indemnity Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Obteen N. NASSIRI, D.C., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-12-17
Citations: 627 F. App'x 622
Docket Number: No. 13-17030
Parties: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY; Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Allstate Indemnity Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Obteen N. NASSIRI, D.C., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 627
Pages: 622–623

Head Matter:
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY; Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Allstate Indemnity Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Obteen N. NASSIRI, D.C., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-17030.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 2015.
Filed Dec. 17, 2015.
Eron Z. Cannon, Bruce William Kelley, Esquire, Anne Elizabeth Padgett, Esquire, McCormick Barstow, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Mark Alan Hutchison, Esquire, Michael K. Wall, Managing Senior Counsel, Hutch-son & Steffen LLC, Peccole Professional Park, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendani>-Appellant.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Obteen Nassiri appeals the jury's award of compensatory damages on Allstate's claims of fraud and racketeering under federal and state law. We affirm..
First, there was no error in admitting the testimony of Allstate's damages witness, Aaron Patterson. Patterson was qualified to testify on the subject of how Allstate calculated settlement values in claims affected by fraud, based upon the knowledge and experience he gained working such cases at Allstate. The district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting such testimony without first holding a Daubert hearing. See Hangarter v. Provident Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 373 F.3d 998, 1018 (9th Cir.2004).
Second, Allstate's calculation of damages was not impermissibly speculative. The testimony of Patterson and Dr. Craig Little explained in detail how Allstate reviewed the relevant files to identify improper medical charges and the method through which it calculated how such inflated charges affected the final settlement amounts that Allstate paid. Such evidence provided a sufficient foundation upon which the jury could reasonably determine the extent to which Nassiri's practices damaged Allstate. See Harper v. City of Los Angeles, 533 F.3d 1010, 1028 (9th Cir.2008) ("We . afford substantial deference to a jury's finding of the appropriate amount of damages. Unless the amount is grossly excessive or monstrous, clearly not supported by the evidence, or based only on speculation or guesswork, we uphold the jury's award." (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)); see also Pac. Shores Props., LLC v. City of Newport Beach, 730 F.3d 1142, 1170-71 (9th Cir.2013) ('Where the tort itself is of such a nature as to preclude the ascertainment of the amount of damages with certainty . it will be enough if the evidence show the extent of the damages as a matter of just and reasonable inference, although the result be only approximate." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
Finally, Nassiri may not challenge the denial of his motion for summary judgment on the issue of the statute of limitations now that such issue has been resolved by the jury at trial. See Ortiz v. Jordan, 562 U.S. 180, 183-84, 191-92, 131 S.Ct. 884, 178 L.Ed.2d 703 (2011).
AFFIRMED,
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.'