Invitee is a term that is used in premises liability cases. It refers to a person who is invited onto business premises. This is for some business purpose. For instance, a shopper in a mall is an invitee. The shopper is invited there by the mall owner for the purpose of shopping in the stores.
Duty to Invitee
Invitees are generally owed a duty of reasonable care by the owner of the premises. If the owner of the premises violates that duty then the owner may be liable. The invitee is likewise expected to exercise reasonable care in looking out for dangers that may be open and obvious on the premises. If that duty of being on the lookout for open and obvious dangers is violated then the injured party may not be able to recover for injuries suffered. For instance if there are wet floor signs out and the invitee walks through the signs onto the wet floor that is not reasonable. That may be a bar to any claim of the invitee. The concept of duty goes both ways. The invitee has certain duties. The property owner has certain duties.
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If you were an invitee on premises and as a result of the fault of the property owner were injured contact injury attorney Brien Roche.
See also the numerous other pages on this site authored by injury attorney Brien Roche dealing with slip and fall and premises liability claims. Also see the pages on Wikipedia.
