Raymaker v. American Family Mutual Insurance

¶ 1. Christopher Raymaker appeals a partial summary judgment and an order dismissing his claims for damages against his former landlord and various insurance companies. Based on theories of strict liability for statutory violations and a breach of the residential lease, Raymaker asserted the landlord, Mark Thomson, was liable for injuries Ray-maker sustained after falling from a ladder. We conclude that the safe place statute does not apply; that the landlord-tenant code is not a basis for strict liability, negligence per se, or a private cause of action; and that tort damages cannot be…