Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property

Accident cases in the property of the employer may involve members of the public including the licensees and the invitees. The status of a visitor as a licensee or an invitee defines the legal rights of the visitor if they are injured due to the negligence of the occupier of the property. Therefore,...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Rozanah, Sufian, Azlinor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 2007
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spelling iium-654502018-09-13T04:10:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65450/ Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property Abdul Rahman, Rozanah Sufian, Azlinor K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations Accident cases in the property of the employer may involve members of the public including the licensees and the invitees. The status of a visitor as a licensee or an invitee defines the legal rights of the visitor if they are injured due to the negligence of the occupier of the property. Therefore, where licensees or invitees are present, the occupier has a duty to make the property safe for the licensees or the invitees. A duty to warn arises if there is harmful condition on the land and any activity conducted on the land by or at the behest of the owner of the land must be conducted with the care that a prudent person would show. As this paper seeks to elucidate the duties owed by the employer as the occupier of a property to the visitors, the legal analysis also seeks to identify the legal right to damages available to the visitors who sustain injuries due to accidents taken place in the property of the employer. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 2007-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65450/1/Journal%20Dosh.pdf Abdul Rahman, Rozanah and Sufian, Azlinor (2007) Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property. Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 4 (2). pp. 55-64. ISSN 1675-5456
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Abdul Rahman, Rozanah
Sufian, Azlinor
Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
description Accident cases in the property of the employer may involve members of the public including the licensees and the invitees. The status of a visitor as a licensee or an invitee defines the legal rights of the visitor if they are injured due to the negligence of the occupier of the property. Therefore, where licensees or invitees are present, the occupier has a duty to make the property safe for the licensees or the invitees. A duty to warn arises if there is harmful condition on the land and any activity conducted on the land by or at the behest of the owner of the land must be conducted with the care that a prudent person would show. As this paper seeks to elucidate the duties owed by the employer as the occupier of a property to the visitors, the legal analysis also seeks to identify the legal right to damages available to the visitors who sustain injuries due to accidents taken place in the property of the employer.
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author Abdul Rahman, Rozanah
Sufian, Azlinor
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Rozanah
Sufian, Azlinor
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Rozanah
title Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
title_short Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
title_full Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
title_fullStr Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
title_full_unstemmed Legal right to damages in accident cases:Employer's duty to visitors to property
title_sort legal right to damages in accident cases:employer's duty to visitors to property
publisher National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/65450/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/65450/1/Journal%20Dosh.pdf
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