Gawain and Julie Are Neighbours

question 22

Multiple Choice

Gawain and Julie are neighbours.Gawain committed the tort of trespass to land by smashing a window in Julie's attic with a baseball bat.Julie could have quickly and easily fixed that damage by paying a home repair company $1000.Instead,she did nothing for eight months.At the end of that period,a thunderstorm caused rain to pour into Julie's attic through the broken window.Julie then paid a home repair company $4000 to fix both the broken window and the damage caused to the attic by the rain.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• A)A court would probably impose an injunction to require Gawain to fix the damage to Julie's house himself.
• B)The doctrine of mitigation would not apply because Gawain committed an intentional tort.
• C)A court would probably award Julie compensatory damages of $4000.
• D)A court would probably award Julie compensatory damages of $1000 as the other damages were caused by Julie's unreasonable failure to mitigate.
• E)The doctrine of mitigation is used to deter the commission of torts.

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