Puza v. C. Hennecke Co.

Tbis case was tried in tbe civil court of Milwaukee county and a special verdict rendered wbicb entitled tbe' plaintiff to recover $1,000. Tbis recovery rested upon findings that tbe defendant employer directed tbe plaintiff, its employee, to use a stepladder furnished by tbe defendant wbicb was not reasonably safe for use. Tbe defendant in tbe exercise of ordinary care ought to have known that tbe stepladder was not reasonably safe and was negligent in permitting its use by tbe plaintiff. Failure to furnish a reasonably safe ladder and want of ordinary care in permitting its use by tbe…