Guam § 26 - Civil Action.

§ 26. Civil Action.

(a) An individual who is a victim of trafficking may bring a

civil action in the appropriate court. The court may award actual

damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive

relief, and any other appropriate relief. A prevailing plaintiff

shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages

shall be awarded on proof of actual damages where defendant's

acts were willful and malicious.

(b) Any statute of limitation imposed for the filing of a civil

suit will not start to run until any minor plaintiff has reached the

age of majority, with the exception of persons determined to

have or suffer from mental illness, retardation or other mental

defects at the time of or before their victimization.

(c) If a person entitled to sue is under a disability at the time

the cause of action accrues, so that it is impossible or

impracticable for him or her to bring an action, then the time of

the disability is not part of the time limited for the

commencement of the action. Disability includes, but is not

limited to, insanity, imprisonment, or other incapacity or

incompetence.

(d) The running of the statute of limitations may be

suspended where a person entitled to sue could not have

reasonably discovered the cause of action due to circumstances

resulting from the trafficking situation, such as psychological

trauma, cultural and linguistic isolation, and the inability to

access services.

(e) A defendant is estopped to assert a defense of the statute

of limitations when the expiration of the statute is due to conduct

by the defendant inducing the plaintiff to delay the filing of the

action or placing the plaintiff under duress.