The following excerpt is from Elizondo v. Seaworld Parks & Entm't, Inc., Case No.: 20CV829-GPC(BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2021):
"A store owner exercises ordinary care by making reasonable inspections of the portions of the premises open to customers, and the care required is commensurate with the risks involved." Ortega v. Kmart Corp., 26 Cal. 4th 1200, 1205 (2001). Therefore, a store owner "must use the care required of a reasonably prudent [person] acting under the same circumstances." Id.
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