Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3652 – Economic loss relating to improvements to residential real property
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No action based in tort to recover damages resulting from negligence in the construction or manner of construction of an improvement to residential real property and/or in the designing, planning, supervision and/or observation of any such construction or manner of construction shall be barred solely on the ground that the only losses suffered are economic in nature.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3652
- Construction: includes construction, erection, building, alteration, repair, reconstruction and destruction of improvements to real property. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3651
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Improvement: includes buildings, roads, streets, entrances and walkways of any type constructed thereon, and other structures affixed to and on land, as well as any changes to the land itself. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3651
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.