Schoenfeldt v. Babcock

The trial court granted a nonsuit at the close of the plaintiff’s case, and we must determine whether such ruling was proper. Upon a motion for nonsuit, the evidence is to be viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff must also be given the benefit of the most-favorable inferences which can be deduced from the evidence. Bartz v. Braun (1961), 14 Wis. (2d) 425, 427, 111 N. W. (2d) 431; Lake Mills v. Veldhuizen (1953), 263 Wis. 49, 51, 56 N. W. (2d) 491.

There- are three principal matters which we will discuss: (1) Does the safe-place statute apply? (2) was there a duty…