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Aug. 6, 1999
Not So Obvious
By Michael Paul Thomas Before the California Supreme Court eliminated the degree gradations in a landowner's duty of care based on a person's status as invitee, licensee or trespasser in its landmark decision, Rowland v. Christian , 69 Cal.2d 108 (1968), a landowner could effectively assert an "open-and-obvious" defense to stifle claims for injuries occurring on his or her property.
By Michael Paul Thomas
Before the California Supreme Court eliminated the degree gradations in a landowner's duty of care based on a person's status as invitee, licensee or trespasser in its landmark decision, Rowland v. Christian, 69 Cal.2d 108 (1968), a landowner could effectively assert an "open-and-obvious" defens...
Before the California Supreme Court eliminated the degree gradations in a landowner's duty of care based on a person's status as invitee, licensee or trespasser in its landmark decision, Rowland v. Christian, 69 Cal.2d 108 (1968), a landowner could effectively assert an "open-and-obvious" defens...
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