22 GCA § 9135
Right to Compensation as Exclusive Remedy
View official PDF ↗Nothing contained in § 9134 of this Title shall be deemed to create a cause of action by an injured employee against any coemployee, officer, agent or director of the employer. The right to compensation for benefits under the Worker's Compensations Law of Guam shall be the exclusive remedy to an employee when he is injured, or to his eligible survivors or legal COL5/12/2020 CH. 9 WORKER’S COMPENSATION representatives if he is killed, by the negligence of any other person or persons in the same employ; provided, that this provision shall not affect the liability of a person other than an officer or employee of the employer.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 19-35 § 9 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2001 Guam 11 — Glenn W. Gibbs and American Home Assurance Co., v. Lee Holmes, Joan Holmes, and American Home Assurance Co. (2001) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶14
- 2021 Guam 28 — Nadia Ngirangesil, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Jay Wasisang, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kw (2021) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶11
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.