Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc.
Supreme Court of Texas
948 S.W.2d 293 (1997)
Relevant factsFree
Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. (Hill Country) (defendant) failed to designate a representative to communicate with landlord Palisades Plaza, Inc. (Palisades) (plaintiff) about promised office improvements, and Palisades treated that silence as an anticipatory breach of their five-year commercial lease and sued for damages. At trial, Hill Country sought a jury instruction reducing Palisades's damages by any amount Palisades could have avoided through reasonable care, but the trial judge refused it; the jury awarded Palisades $29,716, and the court of appeals affirmed.
IssueFree
Whether a landlord has a duty to make reasonable efforts to mitigate damages.
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