Arizona Business Owners Owe a Duty of Reasonable Safety to Invitees, Unreasonably Dangerous Condition or Not

The Arizona Supreme Court in a recent opinion held store owners owe a duty to business invitees regardless of whether there was a dangerous condition. In determining whether a duty was owed to a plaintiff business invitee, the Court found the fact that the plaintiff was a business invitee meant the store, Circle K, owed Plaintiff a “duty to keep the store in a reasonably safe condition while she was in the market.” The Court held that the hazard and whether it was reasonably dangerous “had no…
By: Tyson & Mendes LLP