Schiavi Mobile Homes v. Gironda

Citation

463 A.2d 722 (Me. 1983)

Facts

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Issue

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Holding

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Rule

A non-breaching party has a duty to mitigate damages and cannot recover losses that could have been avoided by reasonable efforts; the burden is on the breaching party to show that the non-breaching party failed to mitigate.

Significance

Illustrates the avoidable consequences / mitigation of damages doctrine in contract law; the non-breaching party’s failure to take reasonable steps to minimize losses reduces recoverable damages.

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