What is the duty to invitees in negligence?

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Invitees must be treated with a higher duty of care: the owner or occupier must exercise reasonable care to keep the premises safe by actively inspecting for hazards, discovering concealed dangers, and taking steps to protect against them. This means not only warning about dangers that are obvious but also proactively looking for hazards that a patron wouldn’t readily notice and fixing or warning about those hidden risks. For example, a store should regularly check for spills, loose floorboards, or other hidden defects and address them, or warn patrons if a hazard cannot be immediately remedied. This proactive responsibility to uncover and remedy concealed hazards distinguishes the invitee duty from other, lesser duties.