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By Patrick George<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the most confusing areas of personal injury law is the duty to mitigate that lies with every injured person. This blog will attempt to explain this responsibility.<\/p>\n

Many believe that if they didn\u2019t cause the accident and they can prove negligence by another, they will recover so long as they sustained injuries in the accident. However, this is not altogether true. In Idaho, every plaintiff has the duty to mitigate damages. This means that one must take reasonable steps to minimize the financial harm caused by the accident.<\/p>\n

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By Patrick George One of the most confusing areas of personal injury law is the duty to mitigate that lies with every injured person. This blog will attempt to explain this responsibility. Many believe that if they didn\u2019t cause the accident and they can prove negligence by another, they will recover so long as they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Duty to Mitigate|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the most confusing areas of personal injury law is the duty to mitigate that lies with every injured person. Have you been injured? 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