{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1808","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Mitigation of Damages","number":"1808","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1808/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP AND OTHER RIGHTS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Sale","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":"ii. - Damages"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A party who invokes a breach of contract must take such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to mitigate the loss, including loss of profit, resulting from the breach. If he fails to take such measures, the party in breach may claim a reduction in the damages in the amount by which the loss should have been mitigated.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1808/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":510,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/510/?article=1808&paragraph=lead#article-1808-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}