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An invitee is only an invitee within the scope of permission granted by the landowner. Thus, if an invitee is invited to do business in a store and is injured snooping around in the private storage area, he does not have invitee status in that area. So if the invitee is snooping around in the dark,
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is a person who is invited to land by the possessor of the land as a member of the public or one who enters the land of another for the purpose of business dealings with the possessor of the land. The status of a visitor as an invitee (as opposed to a
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The property owner has a duty to make the property safe for the invitee, which includes conducting a reasonable inspection of the premises to uncover hidden dangers. The property owner also has a
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sought to eliminate the distinction between business invitee and licensee in regard to a land occupier owing a duty to act as a "reasonable man" in rendering the property safe for others.
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Public Invitee is a person who enters land in the possession of another for the purpose for which the property is held open to the public, even if no business purpose is involved.
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trips and falls on something, the land occupier is not liable since the snooper exceeded the consent given him/her (
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hired by the landowner injures an invitee (intentionally or through negligence), the owner can be held
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the invitee of hazardous conditions that cannot be fixed. Furthermore, property owners assume a
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Business Invitee is a person who enters business property to do business with the land occupier.
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Even if "invited" onto somebody's premises, a social guest is classified as a licensee.
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an invitee who falls into peril while visiting the property. If an
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