What is the duty of an employee who has been wrongfully discharged before his term of service has expired, to seek other employment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gollaher v. Midwood Const. Co., 15 Cal.Rptr. 292, 194 Cal.App.2d 640 (Cal. App. 1961):
4 "It is a general rule that it is the duty of an employee who has been wrongfully discharged before his term of service has expired, to seek other employment, and thus diminish the damages sustained by him." Smetherham v. Laundry Workers' Union, 44 Cal.App.2d 131, at page 139, 111 P.2d 948, at page 952.
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