Nita S. Vela v. Government Employees Insurance Company

395 F.2d 437 Nita S. VELA, Christie L. Vela, a minor, by and through Rudoifo R. Vela, her father and next friend, Andrea Lassen, a minor, by and through Jack G. Lassen, her father and next friend, and Kathryn Anderson, a minor, by and through Roy Anderson, her father and next friend, Appellants, v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, c/o Guam Insurance Adjusters, Appellee. No. 21758. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 6, 1968. Alvin Buchignani (argued), of Hall, Buchignani & Cavagnaro, San Francisco, Cal., Finton J. Phelan, Agana, Guam, for appellants. Alexander Michael Casey (argued), Edward S. Terlaje, Agana, Guam, Andrew J. Collins, Donald W. Malouf of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before BARNES and BROWNING, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, * District judge. BARNES, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal in a personal injury action from an order granting the defendant's motion for a summary judgment. The action was brought in the District Court of Guam pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1424 (1964), and our jurisdiction rests on 28 U.S.C. 1291 (1964). 2 Suit was based on an automobile accident which occurred in Guam on January 2,…