DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 15.1
Business Owner’s Duty to Public/Business Invitees
BUSINESS OWNER / LANDOWNER’S
DUTY TO PUBLIC / BUSINESS INVITEES
A [business owner / landowner] owes a duty to the public to see that the areas
of the premises ordinarily used by customers are kept in a reasonably safe condition.
With this duty, the [business owner / landowner] is responsible for injuries that are
caused by defects or conditions that the [business owner / landowner] had actual
notice or that could have been discovered by reasonably prudent inspection.
Under the law, a [business owner / landowner] is not an insurer of the safety
of an invitee. Mere ownership does not make one liable for injuries sustained by
persons who have entered on land, even though the owner has invited them to enter.
The [business owner / landowner]’s liability to an invitee for unintentional injuries
must be based on negligence; and the law does not presume that the owner was
negligent merely because the invitee was injured while on the premises.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
00db35a7d6f45cd389a02c30d846cb319a43ca3d62a9131ee81533ba50dec340
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