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VELA v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 21758.

395 F.2d 437 (1968)

Nita S. VELA, Christie L. Vela, a minor, by and through Rudolfo 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.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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:

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).

Suit was based on an automobile accident which occurred in Guam on January 2, 1966. In that accident a car driven by appellant Mrs. Nita Vela, in which the other appellants...

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