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1
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Is there a duty of care to prevent emotional distress for someone on your land?

A

Not unless it is parasitic to a physical injury, then damages can be recovered as part of the physical injury action

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What is an invitee?

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Someone that rightfully enters the land at the express or implied invitation of the possessor for the beneficial purpose of possessor’s interest or activities

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What are the two different types of invitees?

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Business and public

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Who owes a duty of care to an invitee?

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The land possessor, although landlords owe it for common areas and hidden defects

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An invitee must stay where?

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On the part of the land he is invited onto

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If an invitee goes outside of the part of the land he’s invited onto, what is his new status?

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Either trespasser or licensee

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If an invitee got onto a part of the land he didn’t have permission to enter (either negligently or accidentally) does that change the fact that he’s now a trespasser or licensee?

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No

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Is there a duty to aid an injured invitee?

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Yes

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What is a business invitee?

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Someone that enters the land for the purpose of the possessor’s financial benefit, business activities, or interests

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What are examples of business invitees?

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  • customers
  • delivery people
  • sales people
  • garbage collectors
  • building inspectors
  • job applicants
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Is the land owner responsible for the intervening criminal or intentional acts of others?

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Not unless those acts were foreseeable

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If police have warned a landowner about criminal or intentional activities taking place on his property, what is his duty?

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To act reasonably to reduce the risk of harm caused by those acts

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If you own a bar and police tell you criminals often steal vehicles from it, what is your duty?

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Reduce the risk of harm to your customers

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What is a public invitee?

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A member of the public that enters onto possessor’s land for the purpose the land is held open for

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What are some examples of public invitees?

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Visitors to:

  • airports
  • churches
  • museums
  • train passengers
  • hotel guests
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Is a personal or express invitation necessary for a public invitee?

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No, because the property is held open to the public

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In order for someone to count as a public invitee, does the actual premises have to be public, or can it be private?

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It can be something like a public library, or a privately owned drugstore

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What are the duties owed to invitees?

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  • Activities: RC to prevent injuries
  • AC: RC to discover dangerous AC that invitee wouldn’t be reasonably aware of, and warn, or take other precautions
  • NC: RC
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If a warning wouldn’t be enough for an artificial condition for an invitee, what must you do?

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Use reasonable care to provide other precautions

20
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If a grocery store has a spill that someone slips on and gets injured by, what are the things you should discuss on an essay?

A

What is reasonable, how much time has passed, notice, etc.

21
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Are warnings enough to satisfy a duty for an invitee?

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  • traditionally: yes
  • modernly: must actually make the place safe if a warning wouldn’t make the condition/activity reasonably free from dangers
22
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If a condition wouldn’t present sufficient danger, is a warning necessary for invitees?

A

No, like if it only happened once in 25 years

23
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Could a land occupier have a duty of reasonable care to warn or protect invitees for foreseeable tortious criminal acts of third parties?

A

Yes

24
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If you own a restaurant in a high crime area, what do you need to do?

A

Take reasonable measures to protect your patrons from robberies

25
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What does it mean to exceed the scope if you are an invitee?

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If you enter an area of the land your invitation doesn’t extend to, or stay on the land longer than your invitation contemplated - you become a licensee or a trespasser

26
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What are the two ways you can exceed the scope as an invitee?

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Either time or space

27
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If a train passenger is leaving the train, is he still in invitee?

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Yes, a leaving customer is still a customer

28
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If a train passenger jumps on the tracks, is he still an invitee?

A

No

29
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In stores and restaurants if a person only enters to use the bathroom, are they still an invitee?

A

Yes

30
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How are delivery people considered invitees?

A

They had an invitation based on the order that was made

31
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How does foreseeability relate to invitees?

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  • some jurisdictions: the land occupier has to be aware of specific, immediate harm about to happen to someone
  • others: there’s only a duty if there’s evidence of previous crimes
  • others: landowners only owe a duty to protect against crime that is foreseeable under the totality of the circumstances
32
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What is a public entrant?

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A public employee that enters under lawful privilege

33
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If the possessor undertakes to supply equipment, tools, or chattel to people coming on his land for business, what is his duty?

A

A duty of care to inspect and discover any defective condition in the chattels that he supplies

34
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If a public employee goes on your property for nonemergency situations, how are they treated?

A

As invitees even though they don’t have the possessor’s consent

35
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What are examples of public employees that would be treated as invitees?

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  • building inspectors
  • mailmen
  • meter readers
36
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What is a licensee?

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Someone that intentionally enters land with the possessor’s express or implied permission, not for the purpose of benefiting the possessor, and has a limited license to be there

37
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Licensees takes the property as what?

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In the condition the land possessor uses it because the possessor has no obligation to make it safe

38
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What is the only duty of a land possessor to licensee?

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He must warn of concealed artificial or natural dangers actually known to him

39
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What are the things a possessor can assume about a licensee?

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That he is reasonably attentive and will notice obvious dangers, so warnings only need to be given about hidden dangers

40
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What are some examples of licensees?

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  • visiting relatives
  • social guests
  • business visitors
  • door-to-door sales people
  • charity solicitors
  • someone borrowing tools
  • bringing lunch to your dad
  • invitees that exceed the scope of permission
41
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What category do firefighters usually go into?

A

Licensees

42
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If a landowner is not aware of conditions or activities, does he owe a duty for them to licensees?

A

No

43
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How can you discharge your duty to licensees?

A

By posting signs or warnings unless you know they are ineffective

44
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What are the duties owed to a licensee?

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  • Activities: RC to warn and discover licensees they don’t know of
  • AC/NC: RC to warn of conditions he is aware of or should be aware of that are unreasonably dangerous and licensee is unaware of or unlikely to discover
45
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Is there a duty to inspect the land for dangerous conditions to a licensee?

A

No

46
Q

After possession has been transferred, sellers are not liable for harm to others except when?

A

When the seller doesn’t disclose known dangerous conditions, then he is liable to the buyer, the buyer’s family, and third person entering the land with buyer’s consent

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