Salt Meadows Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Zonko Builders, Inc.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment reducing the jury’s general damages award, eliminating damages for support columns, and awarding prejudgment and post-judgment interest as ordered. The court held that the remittitur was supported by speculative and excessive evidence, that the column-damages claim lacked evidentiary support, and that prejudgment interest began when the property damage was discovered and repairs began. The court also held that the plaintiffs could not challenge post-judgment interest calculated from the verdict date because they had approved the form of judgment containing that calculation.