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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2003"
article_number: "2003"
status: active
heading: "Obligee in bad faith"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109259"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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# Art. 2003. Obligee in bad faith

An obligee may not recover damages when his own bad faith has caused the obligor's failure to perform or when, at the time of the contract, he has concealed from the obligor facts that he knew or should have known would cause a failure.

If the obligee's negligence contributes to the obligor's failure to perform, the damages are reduced in proportion to that negligence.