What is the duty of an invitee to a guest house where the guest is injured in an accident?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sombach v. Regina Roman Catholic Separate High School District of Saskatchewan, 1969 CanLII 595 (SK QB):

The duty to an invitee was stated by Willes, J. in Indermaur v. Dames (1866) LR 1 CP 274, at 288, 35 LJCP 184: “ * * * that he, using reasonable care on his part for his own safety, is entitled to expect that the occupier shall on his part use reasonable care to prevent damage from unusual danger, which he knows or ought to know; and that, where there is evidence of neglect, the question whether such reasonable care has been taken, by notice, lighting, guarding, or otherwise, and whether there was contributory negligence in the sufferer, must be determined by a jury as matter of fact.”

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