Title 18 — Business Structure and Function

Every person is bound, without contract, to abstain from injuring the person or property of another, or infringing upon any of his rights. SOURCE: CC § 1708.

One who willfully deceives another with intent to induce him to alter his position to his injury or risk, is liable for any damage which he thereby suffers. SOURCE: CC § 1709.

A deceit, within the meaning of this section, is either: (a) The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true; (b) The assertion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who has no reasonable ground for believing it to be true; …

One who practices a deceit with intent to defraud the public, or a particular class of person, is deemed to have intended to defraud every individual in that class, who is actually misled by the deceit. SOURCE: CC § 1711.

One who obtains a thing without the consent of its owner, or by a consent afterwards rescinded, or by an unlawful exaction which the owner could not at the time prudently refuse, must restore it to the person from whom it was thus obtained, unless he has acquired a title thereto …

The restoration required by the last section must be made without demand, except where a thing is obtained by mutual mistake, in which case the party obtaining the thing is not bound to return it until he has notice of the mistake. SOURCE: CC § 1713.

Every one is responsible, not only for the result of his willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his property or person, except so far as the latter has willfully brought the injury upon himself. The ex…

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…

The bicycle equipped with a motor is an inherently dangerous device which may be operated by an unlicensed person. Any operator riding a bicycle equipped with a motor does so at his own risk. The assumption of risk by such operator shall extend to an action by such operator or hi…

Every putative owner or lawful owner of a firearm is strictly liable in tort for the death or injury to the person resulting from the use or possession of said firearm by a minor. SOURCE: CC § 1714.2 as added by P.L. 20-223 (1/4/91) as a part of a law regulating the use of firear…

If a married person is injured by the negligent or wrongful act or omis- sion of a person other than the spouse, the fact that the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the spouse of the injured person was a concurring cause of the injury is not a defense in any action brought…

Other obligations are prescribed by Titles 19, 20 and 21 of this Code. SOURCE: CC § 1715. COMMENT: The original reference was to "Divisions 1 and 2" of the Civil Code. These parts of the Code have been placed in the mentioned Titles of the Guam Code Annotated. Other parts of the …

(a) (1) Any act of willful misconduct of a minor that results in injury or death to another person or in any injury to the property of another shall be imputed to the parent or guardian having custody and control of the minor for all purposes of civil damages, and the parent or g…

Any person shall be entitled to recover damages in a civil action in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) from the parents or guardians who are responsible for the death or injury to a person caused by said minor's use of said firearms in his possession…