Invitee

The property owner also has a duty to warn the invitee of hazardous conditions that cannot be fixed.

If an independent contractor hired by the landowner injures an invitee (intentionally or through negligence), the owner can be held vicariously liable.

This represents the broadest duty of care owed to any class of visitors to the property.

So if the invitee is snooping around in the dark, trips and falls on something, the land occupier is not liable since the snooper exceeded the consent given him/her (Whelan v. Van Natta).

In California, the case of Rowland v. Christian sought to eliminate the distinction between business invitee and licensee in regard to a land occupier owing a duty to act as a "reasonable man" in rendering the property safe for others.