Course Description

Premises Liability Session I

Premises Liability Session I covers the fundamentals of premises liability law. Session I begins with an overview and workshop which give the student an opportunity to work through several real life hypothetical scenarios. Session I then continues with discussion of the duties property owners and occupiers owe to entrants including invitees, licensees, and trespassers. Session I is the prerequisite for Session II.

After completing the course, the student will be able to describe the majority and minority views for classifying entrants to property. Students will be able to distinguish between invitees, licensees, and trespassers. Students will be able to identify when status of an entrant can change and thus change the duty owed by the owner or occupier of the land. Students will be able to apply the benefit of the owner test in distinguishing between licensees and invitees where appropriate. Finally, students will be able to describe the duty owed to an entrant by the owner or occupier of land based on the classification of the entrant. The course is designed for students in the area of first-party property insurance coverage and litigation.