Valerie contracts with Esteban, who agrees to build a stone retaining wall and drain on her property. The wall and drain are necessary to prevent rapid erosion of her land, because of a fast-flowing creek. If Esteban breaches the contract, Valerie is under a legal obligation to

Mitigate her damages

Explanation:

A breach of contract involves the violation of any part of a signed agreement between two parties. For example, when a tenant destroys a property, he / she has violated the contract with the house owner.

Duty to Mitigate.

When there is a breach of contract, one of the two parties normally suffers damages, and he/she has a legal obligation to sue for mitigating damages. This minimizes the effect that the contract breach might have caused the person.

Valerie contracts Esteban for a project capable of destroying her land if not done properly and quickly. A breach of contract leads to the project been abandoned and if damages are done on the land, Valerie is under a legal obligation to mitigate her damages through the court.