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VOELTZKE v. KENOSHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 25.

45 Wis.2d 271 (1969)

172 N.W.2d 673

VOELTZKE and husband, Appellants, v. KENOSHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Shearer & Shearer of Kenosha, and oral argument by Conrad J. Shearer.

For the respondent there was a brief by Heide, Sheldon, Hartley, Thom & Wilk and S. Michael Wilk, all of Kenosha, and oral argument by S. Michael Wilk.

BEILFUSS, J.

The issues are:

(1) Does the Wisconsin safe-place statute apply to the parking lot of the defendant hospital?

(2) Is a social visitor of a patient in a hospital an invitee or a licensee of the hospital?

(3) Are the plaintiffs entitled to a new trial in the interest of justice?

Our safe-place statute, sec. 101.06, provides:

"Employer's duty to furnish safe employment and place. Every employer shall furnish...

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