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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Cummings Properties, LLC v. National Communications Corp., 449 Mass. 490 (2007)

Citation
Cummings Properties, LLC v. National Communications Corp., 449 Mass. 490 (2007)
Parent Document
Cummings Properties, LLC v. National Communications Corp., 449 Mass. 490 (2007)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2007-07-17

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National finally argues that enforcing the liquidated damages provision in this case would be “inequitable, oppressive, and cause a serious miscarriage of justice” because Cummings did not comply with its duty to mitigate damages. We need not decide whether the failure to mitigate damages might ever affect the enforceability of a liquidated damages provision,10 as National did not plead below (as an affirmative defense) that Cummings violated its duty to mitigate damages, and thus did not preserve the issue for appellate review. See Mass. R. Civ. R 8 (c), 365 Mass. 749 (1974); Clamp-All Corp. v. Foresta, 53 Mass. App. Ct. 795, 811 (2002).