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WERNER v. GIMBEL BROTHERS

8 Wis.2d 491 (1959)

WERNER and wife, Appellants, v. GIMBEL BROTHERS, INC., and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief and oral argument by Stephen R. Miller of Milwaukee.

For the respondent Gimbel Brothers, Inc., there was a brief by Wickham, Borgelt, Skogstad & Powell, attorneys, and Kurt H. Frauen of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Frauen.

For the respondent Foredtert Enterprises, Inc., there was a brief by Moore & Moore of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Gary E. Moore.

BROWN, J.

In deciding defendants' motions for a directed verdict the trial court stated as facts that the scene of the accident is a place of employment and comes under the safe-place statute (sec. 101.06); that the area is under the control of Froedtert; the lease to Gimbel Brothers required Gimbel's to remove ice and snow from the premises at the point where the accident occurred and to indemnify Froedtert against loss by reason of Gimbel's occupancy.

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