GUNKA v. CONSOLIDATED PAPERS, INC.

No. 92-0143.

179 Wis.2d 525 (1993)

508 N.W.2d 426

John J. GUNKA, III, and Diane E. Gunka, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CONSOLIDATED PAPERS, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. AND SENTRY INSURANCE, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, v. AUGUST WINTER & SONS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the third party defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of John M. Bliss of Patterson, Richards & Hessert of Wausau.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of John C. Cabaniss and Donna Endreson Kummer of Cunningham Lyons & Cabaniss, S.C. of Milwaukee.

For the defendant-third party plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Keith I. Johnston of Ruder, Ware & Michler, S.C. of Wausau.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.


SUNDBY, J.

August Winter & Sons, Inc. (Winter) appeals from a judgment requiring it to indemnify Consolidated Papers, Inc. (Consolidated) for Consolidated's liability to John Gunka, Winter's employee, who was injured on a job site when a rung on a ladder owned by Consolidated broke and he fell. Gunka began this action against Consolidated alleging a violation of the safe-place statute. Section 101.11(1), Stats. Consolidated impleaded Winter, claiming Winter was...

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