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SOHN MFG. INC. v. LIRC

No. 2012AP2566.

838 N.W.2d 131 (2013)

2013 WI App 112

SOHN MANUFACTURING INC. and Secura Insurance, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LABOR AND INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and Tanya Wetor, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed August 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Denise Greathouse and Charles B. Palmer of Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Waukesha.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Steven C. Kilpatrick , assistant attorney general, and J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

Before NEUBAUER, P.J., REILLY and GUNDRUM, JJ.

REILLY, J.

¶ 1 Wisconsin's safe place statute establishes a general duty for all employers to furnish a safe place of employment for all employees. WIS. STAT. § 101.11 (2011-12).1 A violation of a federal workplace safety regulation may demonstrate a violation of this duty. When an employer fails in its duty to comply with a safety statute and an employee is injured as a result, WIS...

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