him. Prosser and Keeton on Torts, supra, § 61, at 429. In addition, the law presumes that the business owner has prepared the way for those who are advancing its business interests. Caroff, supra, 146 N.J.Super. at 359-362, 369 A.2d 983; The Law of Premises Liability, supra, § 5.11; Prosser and Keeton on Torts, supra, § 61, at 429. Likewise, where an official enters an area of private property to which the public is invited, like a shopping center, he is given the protections accorded to an invitee. Knoetig, supra, 255 N.J.Super. at 40-42, 604 A.2d 619. Again, the assumption underlying that status is that the landowner has prepared the way for the entry of the public and the public official should be treated accordingly. Ibid, (citing Caroff, supra, 146 N.J.Super. 353, 369 A.2d 983 (<HOLDING>)). To the contrary, where the officer, in the
recognizing the public interest exception recognizing a traditional distinction between the public and governmental acts of sovereign states on the one hand and their private and commercial acts on the other recognizing distinctions between public and private areas recognizing private right of action holding that land dedicated for a public street may not be leased to a private entity for private use