Lawletter Vol. 51, No. 4
Natalie K. Mitchell—Senior Attorney
The law in Virginia, as with most states, is that a business owner and its invitees have a special relationship in the law, in that the business owner has a duty to its invitees to use ordinary care to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition. In Peninsula Family Skating Center, Inc. v. Willis, Record No. 1623-25-1, 2026 Va. App. LEXIS 333, 2026 WL 1735148 (June 16, 2026), an unpublished decision, the Virginia Court of Appeals decided whether this duty, or general negligence principles, required the employees of a skating rink to call an ambulance when a skater suffered a medical emergency while on the premises. 2026 Va. App. LEXIS 333, at *7.
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