Contracts II

Mitigation


Restatement Second of Contracts § 350
Restatement Second of Contracts § 350

Avoidability as a Limitation on Damages

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  1. Except as stated in Subsection (2), damages are not recoverable for loss that the injured party could have avoided without undue risk, burden or humiliation.
  2. The injured party is not precluded from recovery by the rule stated in Subsection (1) to the extent that he has made reasonable but unsuccessful efforts to avoid loss.
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UCC § 2-715

Buyer's Incidental and Consequential Damages.

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  1. Incidental damages resulting from the seller's breach include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover and any other reasonable expense incident to the delay or other breach.
  2. Consequential damages resulting from the seller's breach include
    1. any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the seller at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and
    2. injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.
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