DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 22.14
Measure of Damages – Defamation – Duty to Mitigate
DEFAMATION – DAMAGES – DUTY TO MITIGATE
A person who has been defamed must use reasonable efforts, to minimize the
effect of the defamation. Failure of [plaintiff’s name] to make a reasonable effort
to minimize [his/her/its] damages does not prevent all recovery, but it does prevent
recovery of the damages that might otherwise have been avoided.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
5816d23ee021a8f4383ae1939db9566ba40062fdc2610a414af47628676aeaa1
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