Miguel Awa v. Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Stephanie Rose Hammonds, a Minor, by Robert Lizama, Her Guardian Ad Litem v. Vallop Boonprakong, Mario Garcia v. Tsuyoshi Yamashita, M.D.

726 F.2d 594 Miguel AWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GUAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant. Stephanie Rose HAMMONDS, a minor, by Robert LIZAMA, her guardian ad litem, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vallop BOONPRAKONG, Defendant-Appellant. Mario GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tsuyoshi YAMASHITA, M.D., Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 83-1931, 83-1945 and 83-2117. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 14, 1983. Decided Feb. 24, 1984. Mark E. Cowan, Richard A. Pipes, Arriola & Cowan, Gary D. Hull, Baumann & Hull, Edward Arriola, Arriola & Weller, Agana, Guam, for plaintiffs-appellees. J.C. Dierking, Howard G. Trapp, Howard Trapp, Untalan & Mair, Inc., Ruth Hall, Crain, Moore & Layne Agana, Guam, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the Appellate Division of the United States District Court for the District of Guam. Before WRIGHT, CHOY, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal combines several medical malpractice actions, each dismissed by the Superior Court of Guam on the ground that the plaintiffs had failed to comply with Guam's Medical Malpractice Claims Mandatory Screening and Mandatory Arbitration Act ("the Act")…