DAVIS v. FARMERS UNION GRAIN TERM. ASS'N

No. 48633.

277 N.W.2d 213 (1979)

Bud Wayne DAVIS, Appellant, Suzanne M. Davis, his wife, Plaintiff, v. FARMERS UNION GRAIN TERMINAL ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtney, Gruesen & Petersen and James J. Courtney, III, Duluth, for appellant.

Donovan & Harper and Charles T. Barnes, Duluth, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, together with his wife, brought this action to recover under Wisconsin's so-called "safe-place statute" for damages allegedly sustained when he slipped or fell on an outdoor, wooden staircase at defendant's grain terminal in Superior and injured his back. The trial court directed a verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff's case. This appeal is from the order denying plaintiff's post-trial motion for a new trial. We affirm.

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