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BELLART v. MARTELL

28 Wis.2d 686 (1965)

BELLART, Respondent, v. MARTELL, d/b/a BIG BEND PRECAST COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 5, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Grootemaat, Cook & Franke, attorneys, and Robert E. Cook and Francis R. Croak of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert E. Cook.

For the respondent there was a brief by Wickham, Borgelt, Skogstad & Powell, attorneys, and Norman C. Skogstad and Richard E. Sommer of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Sommer and Mr. Norman C. Skogstad.

FAIRCHILD, J.

The safe-place statute, sec. 101.06, Stats., requires every owner of a place of employment or a public building to construct and maintain it so as to render the same as free from danger as the nature of the employment, place of employment, or public building, will reasonably permit. The learned circuit judge instructed the jury that Martell had this duty, under the circumstances of this case, both because the plant was a place of employment and a public...

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