What is the relationship between a host and a guest?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Avila v. Couto, 2019 ONSC 400 (CanLII):
In terms of foreseeability and proximity, a host’s relationship with a guest is likely closer than the relationship between a host and a third party: Kim v. Thammavong, [2007] O.J. 4769, 2007 CanLII 52791 (S.C.J.), at para. 25.
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