A property owner should prevent any dangerous conditions on their properties. If a dangerous condition exists, then the owner has the obligation to warn people of that condition.
The reasonable duty of care can be determined by what type of guest you were at the time of the accident. There are three types of guests the courts recognize on someone else’s property:
Invitees
Licensees
Trespassers
An invitee, for example, can be a visitor to restaurants buying and eating food. A licensee can be someone who is installing a new computer system in an office building. And a trespasser can be someone who just stopped by at a convenience store to use the restroom but had no intention of purchasing anything.
Nevada courts have established that a property owner can have reduced liability to trespassers, however, they can’t intentionally harm or injure a trespasser.
Property owners are required to let people know of dangerous conditions on the property if they know about the condition. This depends on how open and obvious the condition is. Whether the property owner should have known about the condition or not will be determined in trial according to the facts of the case.