Duty of owner or occupier of land to invitee
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in Newcomb v. Spring Creek Cooler Inc. (June 2019)
of Code section. — The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Atlanta Cotton-Seed Oil Mills v
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Where an owner or occupier of land, by express or implied invitation, induces or leads others to come upon his premises for any lawful purpose, he is liable in damages to such persons for injuries caused by his failure to exercise ordinary care in keeping the premises and
approaches safe. (Civil Code 1895, § 3824; Civil Code 1910, § 4420;
Code 1933, § 105-401.)
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.