Guam § 9113 - Notice of Injury or Death.

§ 9113. Notice of Injury or Death.

(a) Notice of an injury or death for which compensation is

payable under this Title, shall be given within thirty (30) days

after the date of such injury or death (1) to the Commissioner

and (2) to the employer.

(b) Such notice shall be in writing; shall contain the name

and address of the employee and a statement of the time, place,

nature, and cause of the injury or death; and shall be signed by

the employee or by some person on his behalf, or in case of

death, by any person claiming to be entitled to compensation for

such death or by a person on his behalf.

(c) Notice shall be given to the Commissioner by delivering

it to him or sending it by mail, addressed to his office; and to the

employer by delivering it to him or by sending it by mail,

addressed to him at his last known place of business. If the

employer is a partnership, such notice may be given to any

partner, or if a corporation, such notice may be given to any

agent or officer thereof upon whom legal process may be served

or who is in charge of the business in the place where the injury

occurred.

(d) Failure to give such notice shall not bar any claim under

this Title (1) if the employer (or his agent in charge of the

business in the place where the injury occurred) or the carrier

had knowledge of the injury or death, and the Commissioner

determines that the employer or carrier has not been prejudiced

by failure to give such notice, or (2) if the Commissioner excuses

such failure on the ground that for some satisfactory reason such

COL5/12/2020

CH. 9 WORKER’S COMPENSATION

notice could not be given, or (3) if objection to such failure is not

raised before the Commissioner at the first hearing of a claim for

compensation in respect of such injury or death.