5 GCA § 6213

Limitations on Awards in Actions

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 5 — Government Operations

No action shall be instituted, nor judgment granted, for a sum in excess of the amount of the claim presented to the Claims Officer, unless the increased amount of the claim is shown to be based upon new evidence not reasonably discoverable at the time the claim was filed with the Claims Officer.

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Enacted by P.L. 17-29 § 1 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)

Interpreted by the courts:

2001 Guam 23 — Sumitomo Construction Co., Ltd. v. Government of Guam (2001) · per F. Philip Carbullido, J. · cited at ¶20

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