Is a plaintiff's failure to take steps to mitigate their losses?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lane v Ou, 2019 BCSC 928 (CanLII):

The defendants submit that this amounts to a failure to mitigate, noting that the plaintiff has a positive duty to take reasonable steps to limit his losses, citing Graham v. Rogers, 2001 BCCA 432.

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