Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 221703

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
(a) Monies in the Fund shall be expended to mitigate the impacts of the opioid epidemic on Guam, including, but not limited to, expanding access to opioid use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery options. Monies in the Fund may be expended to support reasonable costs associated with the administration of the Fund, including to offset the costs of legal and administrative burdens imposed upon the Attorney General’s Office, which shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total annual deposits into the Fund.

(b) Any funds appropriated, expended, or distributed from the Opioid Recovery Trust Fund shall be spent in accordance with the terms of any verdict, judgment, compromise, or settlement in or out of court, of any case or controversy brought pursuant to the Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act or any other law relating to the manufacturing, marketing, distributing,
promoting, or dispensing of opioids.