thing of action arising out of a wrong which results in physical injury to the person or out of a statute imposing liability for such injury shall not abate by reason of the death of the wrongdoer or any other person liable for damages for such injury; nor by reason of the death of a person injured or of any other person who owns any such things in action. When the person entitled to maintain such an action dies before judgment, damages recoverable for such injury shall be limited to loss of earnings and expenses sustained or incurred as a result of the injury by the deceased prior to his death, and shall not include damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement, nor punitive or exemplary damages, nor prospective profits or earnings after the date of death. The damages recovered shall form part of the estate of the deceased. Nothing in this section shall be construed as making such thing in action assignable.
SOURCE: CC ‘956; added by P.L. 8-115 (3/9/66).

COURT DECISIONS: Vela v. Govt. Employees Ins. Co. (1968), 395 F.2d 437.
See 7 Guam Code Ann. ‘12109, Wrongful Death of Adults & certain Minors. Also see 15 Guam Code Ann. Chapters 22 and 27 relative to the administration of estates of deceased persons.
NOTE: CC ”957 through 959 did not exist.

ARTICLE 2

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19 Guam Code Ann. PERSONAL RELATIONS
CH. 31 PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

SHIPPING

PART 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS