MERRIMAN v. CASH-WAY, INC.


35 Wis.2d 112 (1967)

MERRIMAN, Appellant, v. CASH-WAY, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Kennedy & Savage and K. Thomas Savage, all of Kenosha, and oral argument by K. Thomas Savage.

For the respondent there was a brief by Vaudreuil & Vaudreuil and L. E. Vaudreuil, all of Kenosha, and oral argument by L. E. Vaudreuil.


WILKIE, J.

The lone issue presented on this appeal is whether there is any credible evidence to sustain the jury's finding that the defendant was negligent with respect to maintaining the area surrounding the doorway entrance as safe as the nature of the premises would reasonably permit.

The safe-place statute (sec. 101.06) does not impose an absolute duty on an owner or employer so as to make him an insurer of the safety of his premises so far as repair or...

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