Delaware Code § 19-1704

Relief and damages
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(a) A person who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for appropriate declaratory relief, or actual damages, or
both within 3 years after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this chapter.
(b) An action commenced pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be brought in Superior Court in the county where the alleged
violation occurred, the county where the complainant resides, or the county where the person against whom the civil complaint is filed
resides or has their principal place of business.
(c) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "damages" means damages for injury or loss caused by each violation of this chapter.
(d) A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought under this chapter, shall order, as the court considers appropriate, reinstatement
of the employee, the payment of back wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights, expungement of records relating to
the disciplinary action or discharge, actual damages, or any combination of these remedies. A court may also award, as part of a judgment
in an action brought under this chapter, all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including attorneys' fees, if the court determines that
such an award is appropriate.

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