Premises Liability Laws in North Carolina.

North Carolina Supreme Court unified the duty toward invitees and licensees — landowners owe both a duty of reasonable care under the circumstances. Trespasser category retained.

Trespassers owed only a duty to avoid willful or wanton injury. Attractive-nuisance doctrine applies to trespassing children.

Plaintiff's negligence, however slight, completely bars recovery — except where last-clear-chance doctrine applies (defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of plaintiff's peril and a reasonable opportunity to avoid injury but failed to do so).

Landowners who permit free recreational use of their land owe no duty to keep the premises safe and are not liable absent willful or malicious failure to warn.

Strict liability for damages caused by a dog determined "dangerous" under § 67-4.1. Outside this context, North Carolina follows the common-law one-bite rule.