Mitigation Of Damages in United States

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Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982

A rule that the plaintiff must exercise due care to avoid making an injury worse; facts that show that the amount of damages or the size of a claim is more than the plaintiff is entitled to and should be reduced.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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