A hardware store owes its highest degree of care to a customer shopping during business hours because that customer is:
Explanation
An invitee enters premises with permission and for the occupier's commercial benefit, so the occupier must inspect for hazards and either correct them or warn of them. A licensee, such as a social guest, enters with permission but for their own purposes and is owed a warning of known dangers rather than an active inspection. A trespasser is generally owed only the duty not to be injured willfully or by a hidden trap.
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