Invitee

Invitee

An invitee is that individual who is invited to enter and remain on the premises for a commercial benefit to the possessor of premises, or for a reason directly or indirectly associated with business dealings with the possessor. An invitation can be either express or implied. A customer in a department store is an invitee, since the department store actively invites the public to enter the premises and to purchase merchandise when on the premises. A premises owner owes the highest duty of care to an invitee.

Usually, a possessor has a duty to use ordinary care to warn or otherwise protect an invitee from risks of harm from a condition on the possessor's premises if the risk of harm is unreasonable, and a possessor knows or in the exercise of ordinary care should be aware of the condition, and must understand that it involves an unreasonable risk of harm to an invitee.

The possessor can have a duty to periodically check the premises for new hazards to invitees. For example, a grocery store may be obligated to periodically inspect its floors for the presence of spilled or broken merchandise, and to make sure that the products are not likely to fall from its shelves.

If you are an invitee and have suffered injuries on another’s property, contact a Columbia County, Georgia premises liability attorney.

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