Del. Judge Rules On Summary Judgment, Testimony Exclusion In HVAC Defect Dispute

Mealey's ( September 27, 2022, 1:56 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge granted in part motions for summary judgment filed by contractors, an architect and an insurer in a defective design and negligence dispute over improvements to senior living homes’ HVAC systems, finding that summary judgment is unopposed for the insurer whose performance bond obligation “has not arisen” but the current record lacks facts as to the nexus between the alleged negligence of the architect and contractors’ conduct and the purportedly defective HVAC system....