Opinion ID: 1756985
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Heading: The Landowner's Corresponding Duty

Text: ¶ 16. Under Mississippi law, the landowner's duty in relation to each category has been identified as follows. A landowner owes a licensee a duty to refrain from willfully or wantonly injuring him. Adams v. Fred's Dollar Store of Batesville, 497 So.2d 1097, 1100 (Miss.1986) (citations omitted). A landowner owes a trespasser the duty to refrain from willfully or wantonly injuring him. Id. (citations omitted). A landowner owes an invitee the duty to keep the premises reasonably safe and when not reasonably safe to warn only where there is hidden danger or peril that is not plain and open view. Caruso v. Picayune Pizza Hut, Inc., 598 So.2d 770, 773 (Miss.1992).