Premises Liability
Entries across the digest that deal with premises liability.
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Injury & Liability
Premises Liability: Invitees, Licensees, and Trespassers
Premises liability traditionally sorts entrants into invitees, licensees, and trespassers, each owed a different duty. A substantial minority of states now applies one reasonableness standard instead.
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Injury & Liability
Dog Bite Liability: Strict Liability Compared With One-Bite Rules
Dog bite liability splits two ways. Strict liability statutes make the owner responsible regardless of knowledge; common-law scienter rules require proof the owner knew of the animal's dangerous tendency.
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Injury & Liability
Proving Notice in a Slip-and-Fall Claim
A slip-and-fall claimant must show the occupier created the hazard, actually knew of it, or should have discovered it. Some states relieve that burden through the mode-of-operation rule.
