Reasonable motor vehicle repair costs may fall within a range, and a defendant seeking to reduce the plaintiff's recovery must establish that the costs incurred were outside that range — i.e., extravagant or unreasonable. Evidence that a lower quotation could have been obtained does not of itself establish that the cost actually incurred was outside the reasonable range. The separate question procedure under UCPR r 28.2 is inappropriate where questions of principle concerning the measure of damages cannot be meaningfully separated from the factual context, including issues of mitigation.
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