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Actual Damages Govern Ld

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

Subject distribution

  • Contracts1

Example wrong choices

  • 18201_olivewood · CONTRACTS · Choice APeter could have avoided renting the retreat center by making a reasonable attempt to mitigate damages.

    Why it's attractive

    The call asks about the LD clause's enforceability. This choice asks whether Peter mitigated. Mitigation applies to general damages, not to a valid LD clause. Cut.

    Why it's wrong

    The call asks about the LD clause's enforceability. This choice asks whether Peter mitigated. Mitigation applies to general damages, not to a valid LD clause. Cut.

  • 18201_olivewood · CONTRACTS · Choice Cthe retreat center Peter rented charged a rate that was commercially reasonable.

    Why it's attractive

    This choice asks whether the actual expense was commercially reasonable. The LD clause is tested at formation by anticipated harm, not by actual costs after breach. Cut.

    Why it's wrong

    This choice asks whether the actual expense was commercially reasonable. The LD clause is tested at formation by anticipated harm, not by actual costs after breach. Cut.

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