HEMMINGWAY v. JANESVILLE


275 Wis. 304 (1957)

HEMMINGWAY, Appellant, vs. CITY OF JANESVILLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Jeffris, Mouat, Oestreich, Wood & Cunningham, and oral argument by Louis D. Gage, Jr., all of Janesville.

For the respondent there was a brief by Dougherty, Ryan & Campbell of Janesville, and oral argument by Glen R. Campbell and William H. Dougherty.


BROWN, J.

After parking his automobile the plaintiff went on foot up the ramp to the upper level and then fell off the edge of that to the level of the roadway. He contends in so constructing and maintaining these premises the city has violated the safe-place statute and that he is within the protection afforded the public by that statute. The applicable statutory provisions are:

Sec. 101.01 "(11) The term `safe' or `safety' as applied to an employment or...

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