Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 4918 – Limitations of actions
(a) Actions arising out of any provision of this chapter shall be commenced within a 4-year period of the accrual of the cause of action; provided, however, that if a person liable hereunder conceals the cause of action from the knowledge of the person entitled to bring it, the period prior to the discovery of a cause of action by the person entitled shall be excluded in determining the time limited for the commencement of the action.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 4918
- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 4902
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Knowledge: means a person's actual knowledge of a fact, rather than the person's constructive knowledge of the fact. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
- Person: means every natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 4902
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) If a cause of action accrues during the pendency of any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding against a person brought by the United States or any of its agencies under the antitrust laws, the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58] or any other federal act, or the laws as to franchising, such actions may be commenced within 1 year after the final disposition of such civil, criminal or administrative proceeding.