Opinion ID: 900804
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Heading: City owes a duty of reasonable care to business invitees and their property.

Text: [¶ 11.] Under § 343 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts a possessor of land owes a business invitee a duty of reasonable care. Ballard v. Happy Jack's Supper Club, 425 N.W.2d 385, 388 (S.D. 1988); Mitchell v. Ankney, 396 N.W.2d 312, 313-14 (S.D.1986); Stenholtz v. Modica, 264 N.W.2d 514, 516 (S.D.1978). The duty includes the use of ordinary care in active operations on the property. Mitchell, 396 N.W.2d at 313-14; Restatement (Second) Torts § 343, comments b and d (1965). The duty extends to fixtures, attachments and appliances used on land. Restatement (Second) Torts § 343 comment f (1965). Tie-down ropes are appliances. The trial court held that if there is a duty of reasonable care, the duty extends not only to the business invitee's person but also to the business invitee's personal property. City did not appeal this ruling.