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RIEMER v. CRAYTON

No. 223.

57 Wis.2d 755 (1973)

RIEMER, Appellant, v. CRAYTON and others, Defendants: CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Charlton, Yanisch, Greco & Roffa, attorneys, and Earl A. Charlton and Carlton Roffa of counsel, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of C. Donald Straub Law Office, attorneys, and C. D. Straub of counsel, all of Milwaukee.

PER CURIAM.

Not every violation of a statute is negligence per se. Only where the statute is "safety statute," designed to protect a class of persons from a particular type of harm, is a violation negligence per se, and then only when the violation results in that type of harm to someone in the protected class. Meihost v. Meihost (1966), 29 Wis.2d 537, 139 N.W.2d 116. We agree...

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