| Venue: | MO SC |
| Facts: | Kinneys host a bible study group. They've got no particular other affiliation with Carter. It snows, and Kinney shovels before bed. But it gets a little icy over night, and Carter slips on the way to morning Bible study. |
| Posture: | Summary judgment for the Kinney's at trial. |
| Issue: | Was Carter an invitee or a licensee? |
| Holding: | Licensee. The trial court is affirmed. |
| Rule: | Hosts need to make licensees safe from dangers of which they are aware; hosts need to exercise reasonable care to protect invitees from both known and unknown dangers. You're a licensee unless you get an invitation "with the expectation of a material benefit to the possessor from the visit" or an "invitation to the public generally." |
| Reasoning: | There was no material benefit at stake here; there was no commercial relationship; there was no evidence that the public at large were invited. This notion of an intangible benefit to be had from the meeting is not one recognized by MO law. |
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