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1. Finding the correct legal issue 2. Finding the correct rule 3. Analyzing the issue by applying the rule to the facts 4. Stating a
1.Finding the correct legalissue
2.Finding the correctrule
3.Analyzingthe issue byapplyingthe rule to the facts
4.Stating aconclusion
Duty to Business Invitee. After the lawsuit against the hotel owners, Lin moved to another city to start her paralegal career. She found a nice little apartment close to her new job. Aside from some big furniture which she still needed to buy, she was all settled in. As Lin was jogging one Saturday morning, she went passed a store called At Living Discount Furniture. She decided to stop by to look for a couch and dresser. She thought the business hours sign said "Saturday: 10AM - 8PM" (it actually said "11AM - 8PM). It was now 10:15 am. Although the "Closed" sign was displayed, she thought it was a mistake, so she pushed on the door and found it was unlocked. She entered the store and started wondering around. As she turned a corner, she fell into a large hole in the floor left from an unfinished construction job. Lin suffered lacerations on her legs and arms, a broken ankle, as well as bruises on her head. When a couple of employees heard her scream, they rushed to the scene and found her in the hole. One asked, "How did you get in here? We're not opened until 11 AM!" Lin replied in anger, "The door was unlocked!" Lin sued At Living for damages resulting from her fall. The issues before the court are whether Lin was a business invitee as opposed to a trespasser and whether the store owed any duty to warn Lin of the risk. Discuss.
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