Opinion ID: 873653
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Text: FACTS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER MR. WATKINS PROPERLY 15 WATKINS v. FORD Opinion of the Court MITIGATED HIS DAMAGES ¶42 In the event that the court on remand finds that Mr. Watkins did not abandon the Vehicle Contracts, it must then assess the issue of damages. “[U]nder the doctrine of avoidable consequences the nonbreaching party has an active duty to mitigate his damages, and he may not, either by action or inaction, aggravate the injury occasioned by the breach.” Mahmood v. Ross (In re Estate of Ross), 1999 UT 104, ¶ 31, 990 P.2d 933 (internal quotation marks omitted). ¶43 The court of appeals determined that the district court had made insufficient factual findings to conclude that Mr. Watkins failed to mitigate his damages. We agree. The district court made only a passing and conclusory reference to the issue of mitigation in its findings of fact. We are therefore unable to determine whether Mr. Watkins appropriately mitigated his damages.