B. [§ 6.38] Social Guest

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B. [§ 6.38] Social Guest

A social guest, sometimes referred to as a licensee by invitation, is not an invitee in a legal sense, although he or she is invited on the premises. The term "invitee" is used interchangeably with business invitee. See Comm. on Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, Md State Bar Ass'n, Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instruction No. 24:2 (MSBA 5th ed. 2017) (hereinafter "MPJI-Cv"). The duty of care owed by an owner of property to a social guest is only to warn the social guest of an...