When someone has suffered a loss due to another party’s actions, it’s only fair to expect the responsible party to pay the damages. It’s not fair, however, to ask someone to pay unreasonable damages. That’s where the plaintiff’s duty to mitigate their losses (or the “doctrine of avoidable consequences”) comes into play. If a plaintiff could have easily minimized their actual losses
When you get injured in a car accident, you know that you need to seek compensation for your medical bills. Say you suffered a head injury and you’re looking at over $100,000 in medical bills. You didn’t cause the crash, so you need those bills covered by the person who did. You also know that you can seek compensation for
Distracted driving is dangerous and can result in serious car accidents and injuries. No matter what type of distracted driving is involved, a distracted driver may be considered negligent for any car accident they cause and may be responsible for compensating victims for their damages suffered. Texting while driving has been banned in Massachusetts for ten years, and recently it
When someone has suffered a loss due to another party’s actions, it’s only fair to expect the responsible party to pay the damages. It’s not fair, however, to ask someone to pay unreasonable damages. That’s where the plaintiff’s duty to mitigate their losses (or the “doctrine of avoidable consequences”) comes into play. If a plaintiff could have easily minimized their actual losses
When you get injured in a car accident, you know that you need to seek compensation for your medical bills. Say you suffered a head injury and you’re looking at over $100,000 in medical bills. You didn’t cause the crash, so you need those bills covered by the person who did. You also know that you can seek compensation for
Distracted driving is dangerous and can result in serious car accidents and injuries. No matter what type of distracted driving is involved, a distracted driver may be considered negligent for any car accident they cause and may be responsible for compensating victims for their damages suffered. Texting while driving has been banned in Massachusetts for ten years, and recently it
