n. the requirement that someone injured by another's negligence or breach of contract must take reasonable steps to reduce the damages, injury or cost, and to prevent them from getting worse. Thus, a person claiming to have been injured by another motorist should seek medical help and not let the problem worsen. If a tenant moves out before a lease...
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(n) Mitigation of Damages is the responsibility of the sufferer of a crime, misdoing or accident to take steps to stop or reduce further or consequential loss which may occur to them as a result of the crime, accident or wrongdoing to which he was subjected. Eg. In an accident, one is expected to secure the salvaged goods saving them from further l...
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The requirement that someone injured by another's negligence or breach of contract must take reasonable steps to reduce the damages, injury, or cost, and to prevent them from getting worse. If a tenant breaks a lease and moves out without legal justification, a landlord must try to rerent the property reasonably quickly and keep his or losses to a ...
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