18 GCA § 90108

When Recovery Barred by Contributory Negligence

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 18 — Business Structure and Function

Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery in an action by any person or his legal representative to recover damages for negligence resulting in death or in injury to person or property, if such negligence was not as great as the negligence of the person against whom recovery is sought, but any damages allowed under the law on Compensatory Relief shall be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the person recovering.

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Enacted by P.L. 12-46 § 2 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
Enacted by P.L. 12-53 § 2 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

2015 Guam 38 — Michael W. Kennedy, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hugh Sule, Defendant-Appellant, CVA14-015 (2015) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J.

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