Section 15 General

• Library: Damages 2012

Mitigation of damages as a generally recognized principle of law is also known as the rule of avoidable consequences. It requires someone who is damaged by another’s breach of some legal duty or obligation to make reasonable efforts to minimize the resulting damages. See:

Shaughnessy v. Mark Twain State Bank, 715 S.W.2d 944, 954 (Mo. App. E.D. 1986) Fletcher v. City of Independence, 708 S.W.2d 158, 171 (Mo. App. W.D. 1986) Economy Gas Co. v. Bradley, 472 S.W.2d 878, 880 (Mo. App. S.D. 1971)

The failure to...