Legal Opinion
Riverbend Community, LLC v. Green Stone Engineering, LLC
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 17, 2012No. 236, 2012PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice:
A subdivision developer signed a release with an engineering company after the completion of design services. We interpret the release as a general release. We do not address the application of the economic loss doctrine. Because we find the release is a general release that unambiguously waives all claims, we AFFIRM the grant of summary judgment below on both the tort and contract claims.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Riverbend Community, LLC and Parkway Gravel, Inc. jointly owned a parcel of land (the Property), which they intended to develop into residential real…
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