A. [§ 6.37] Invitee

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A. [§ 6.37] Invitee

An invitee is an individual on the property of another to satisfy the interests of the owner. Invitee status can be proven in two ways: by a showing of "mutual benefit" or by proof of an "implied invitation." Bass v. Hardee's Food Sys., Civil No. 98-2025, 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 19053, at *7-8 (4th Cir. Aug. 9, 2000). A person can lose invitee status if he or she remains on the premises beyond a reasonable time after the invitation has expired, however. Id. at *8. The owner must use reasonable and ordinary care to maintain the premises safely for the invitee and protect the invitee against injury caused by an unreasonable risk, which the invitee, by...