DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 22.4
Mitigation of Damages – Personal Injury
MITIGATION OF DAMAGES PERSONAL INJURY
An injured party must exercise reasonable care to reduce the damages resulting
from the injury. If you find that [plaintiff’s name] failed to undergo reasonable
medical treatment to reduce [his/her] damages, [or that [he/she] failed to follow
reasonable medical advice], then any damages resulting from that failure are not the
responsibility of [defendant’s name] and should not be included in your award.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
0201f3e285d6a46a2120faa0e2881ba0408d604d6f54000d03c1e78264f8d1b3
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