7 Guam Code Ann. § 12108
Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 12108
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
3e. The respective rights of the parents to any award shall be determined by the court.
(b) A mother may maintain an action for such an injury to her illegitimate unmarried minor child. A guardian may maintain an action for such an injury to his ward.
(c) Any such action may be maintained against the person causing the injury, or if such person be dead, then against his personal representatives. If any other person is responsible for any such wrongful act or neglect, the action may also be maintained against such other person or this personal representatives in case of his death. The death of the child or ward shall not abate the parents’ or guardians’ cause of action for his injury as to damages accruing before his death.
(d) In every action under this section, such damages may be given as under all of the circumstances of the case may be just; provided, that in any action maintained after the death of the child or ward, damages recoverable hereunder shall not include damages for pain, suffering or disfigurement nor punitive nor exemplary damages nor compensation for loss of prospective profits or earnings after the date of death.
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7 Guam Code Ann. CIVIL PROCEDURE
CH. 12 PARTIES TO CIVIL ACTIONS
(e) If an action arising out of the same wrongful act or neglect may be maintained pursuant to § 12109 of this Chapter, for wrongful death of any child, the action authorized by this section shall be consolidated therewith for trial on motion of any interested party.
SOURCE: CCP § 376, amended by P.L. 15-61.
2017 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations added/altered pursuant to the authority of 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.
COMMENT: Where, as here, the Guam Legislature has specifically acted on a subject after the Rules of Civil Procedure have gone into effect, the Compiler presumes that this enactment will prevail over any Rule of Civil Procedure.
§12108.1. Public School Student: Standing to Sue.
(a) A public school student shall have a claim and standing to sue the government of Guam and any officer of the Executive Branch of the government of Guam in his official capacity only for the purpose of enjoining such officer from failing to provide an adequate public education to that public school student but not for money damages, provided that the student must exhaust the administrative process mandated by Title 17 Guam Code Ann., Chapter 11.
(b) No action shall lie under this Section until thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excepted, after notice of the claim has been filed in the manner required by 5 Guam Code Ann. §§ 6101, 6103(b), (c) and (d),
6201, 6202, 6205 and 6207 with the Attorney General and the head of the department or agency against which the claim is to be made.
SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-045:16, effective, October 1, 2007, per P.L.28-045:23. Subsection (a) amended by P.L. 29-019:VI:80 (Sept. 29, 2007).