FEDERAL · 15 U.S.C. · Chapter 92
Duty to mitigate
15 U.S.C. § 6608
Title15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter92 — YEAR 2000 COMPUTER DATE CHANGE
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15 U.S.C. § 6608.
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(a)In general
Damages awarded in any Y2K action shall exclude compensation for damages the plaintiff could reasonably have avoided in light of any disclosure or other information of which the plaintiff was, or reasonably should have been, aware, including information made available by the defendant to purchasers or users of the defendant's product or services concerning means of remedying or avoiding the Y2K failure involved in the action.
(b)Preservation of existing law
The duty imposed by this section is in addition to any duty to mitigate imposed by State law.
(c)Exception for intentional fraud
Subsection (a) does not apply to damages suffered by reason of the plaintiff's justifiable reliance upon an affirmative material misrepresentation by the defendant, made by the defendant with
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Related
Medimatch, Inc. v. Lucent Technologies Inc.
120 F. Supp. 2d 842 (N.D. California, 2000)
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History
(Pub. L. 106–37, §9, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 198.)
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