What is the test for reducing damages in a personal injury action?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kopec v. Pyret and Borys, 1983 CanLII 2113 (SK QB):
In accordance with this rule, a claim for damages will be reduced to the extent that the plaintiff ought reasonably to have pursued a course of action which would have diminished the actual losses resulting from the defendant’s breach: See Red Deer College v. Michaels et al., [1967] 2 S.C.R. 324, at pp. 330-31.
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