Court Opinion

ID: 9746285
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:10:52.823849+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:11.497150
License: Public Domain

CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the majority’s opinion, but write separately to emphasize that the majority’s statement that “the tenant was in a position to mitigate his own damages [as it had the ability to sublease]” is not controlling in this matter. Majority op. at 418, 715 A.2d at 1085. I believe that such an observation *420merely recognizes the facts of this case, and shows that this particular tenant had within its hands the power to minimize its loss due to breach of the lease. In my opinion, a tenant’s ability to sublease, and thus reduce its liability for breaching the lease, is of no import: whether the tenant had such a power or not, the landlord would not be under a duty to mitigate damages.