Moskowitz v. Mayor & Council of Wilmington

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the plaintiff is entitled to recover interest from the City for a period preceding the entry of judgment”
• holding that “[i]nterest is awarded in Delaware as a matter of right and not of judicial discretion” but that “[a] . . . factor affecting the computation of interest is whether the plaintiff has been guilty of delay in pursuing his claim”
• holding that “[i]nterest is awarded in Delaware as a matter of right and not of judicial discretion” but that “[a] . . . factor affecting the computation of interest is whether the plaintiff has been guilty of delay in pursuing his claim”
• noting “the trial court has some discretion in fixing the amount of interest where there has been inordinate delay caused by one of the parties[,]” and denying prejudgment interest on sums already paid by the plaintiff for which advancement was authorized
• \Interest is awarded in Delaware as a matter of right ... the plaintiff is entitled to recover interest ... for a period preceding the entry of judgment.\
• “While interest is a matter of right in Delaware, the Trial Court does have some discretion in determining the amount of interest where there has been undue delay in the process of a lawsuit . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).