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    Default Re: Breaking Lease in DC

    If the landlord fails to seek a new tenant and sues your boyfriend for the rent, your boyfriend can attempt to establish that the landlord's losses result partially or entirely from his choice not to seek a new tenant ("failure to mitigate damages").

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