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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">So just continuing to wax philosophically on this, but from the other side, an owner has a duty to mitigate damages and, in the current environment where material and labor costs are increasing, shouldn’t
the owner mitigate damages by making repairs as of the date the breach was found and not wait until trial, such that an award of current costs may reward the owner for not mitigating damages?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I’m interested in others’ thoughts on this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We know two things about breach of contract damages under
<i>Grossman Holdings</i>: (1) that they are to be measured as of the time of the breach (<i>Jeremy Stewart Constr., Inc. v. Matthews</i>, 324 So. 3d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021)) – with interest accruing since that time; and (2) that they are limited to diminution
in value if the cost to correct would be “unreasonable economic waste.” --- BUT – what about damages under 553.84? Since the building code has the force of law, and is for the purposes of life safety, etc., wouldn’t damages for a 553.84 claim have
<i>neither</i> of those constraints? <i>I.e.</i> wouldn’t they, for public policy reasons, be measured by the
<b><i>current</i></b> cost to correct and not be limited by the economic waste constraint because the law requires their correction?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I can find zero cases or other authorities that even touch this point.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thoughts from this august group? Am I Don Quixote here?
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