USCA4 Appeal: 23-1073 Doc: 22 Filed: 01/18/2024 Pg: 1 of 3

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-1073

WAYNE GUGEL,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

and

DOLORES STEGELIN; ANNE H. RACK,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

SHURWEST, LLC,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (3:21-cv-01444-BHH)

Submitted: November 21, 2023 Decided: January 18, 2024

Before NIEMEYER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge. USCA4 Appeal: 23-1073 Doc: 22 Filed: 01/18/2024 Pg: 2 of 3

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Robert Rikard, Jeremy C. Hodges, RIKARD & PROTOPAPAS, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. D. Quattlebaum, Jonathan D. Klett, HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina; Todd M. Fuller, CARLTON FIELDS, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Wayne Gugel appeals the district court’s orders granting Pacific Life Insurance

Company’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to dismiss Gugel’s South Carolina law claims for

aiding and abetting the breach of a fiduciary duty and negligent misrepresentation and

denying Gugel’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(b) motions. We have

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s

orders. Gugel v. Pac. Life Ins. Co.., No. 3:21-cv-01444-BHH (D.S.C. Mar. 18, 2022 &

Dec. 21, 2022). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions

are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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