18 GCA § 90107

Responsibility for Negligence

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 18 — Business Structure and Function

Every one is responsible, not only for the result of his willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his property or person, except so far as the latter has willfully brought the injury upon himself. The extent of liability in such cases is defined by § 90108 and the law on Compensatory Relief [Title 20 of this Code].

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Amended by P.L. 12-46 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

2002 Guam 5 — Nissan Motor Corporation in Guam vs. Sea Star Group Inc. (2002) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶11
2006 Guam 2 — Young Ja Guerrero, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. McDonald's International Property Company, Ltd., and American Home Assurance (2006) · per Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood, J. · cited at ¶10
2016 Guam 28 — Shawn Michael Q. Lujan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Estate of Isabel Cruz Santos Rosario and Rosa Cruz Perez, Defendants-Appe (2016) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · cited at ¶34

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.