Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 339

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 81, TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 81, Title 10 of the Delaware Code is amended by adding immediately after § 8106 a new section, designated section 8106A, as follows:

§ 8106A. Actions subject to two-year limitation

No action to recover damages for wrongful death or for injury to personal property shall be brought after the expiration of two (2) years from the accruing of the cause of such action.

Section 2. § 8118, Title 10 of the Delaware Code is amended by substituting "2 years" for "1 year".

Section 3. This Act shall not affect any cause of action which has arisen or accrued prior to the effective date hereof, and as to such causes the limitations in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Act shall apply.

Approved July 9, 1960.