Failure to mitigate damages limits recovery to:
A) damages that would have been sustained had the plaintiff mitigated the damages where it was possible to do so.
B) nominal damages and punitive damages.
C) damages for consequential loss.
D) exemplary damages.

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Failure to mitigate damages means the plaintiff did not take reasonable steps to minimize the harm caused by the defendant. In such cases, the plaintiff's recovery is limited to the damages that could have been avoided had they taken reasonable steps to mitigate the harm. Therefore, option A is the correct answer. Options B, C, and D are incorrect as they do not relate to the concept of failure to mitigate damages.

Failure to Mitigate Damages Limits Recovery To