Peschel v. Klug
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E.-T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. In November, 1916, the plaintiff was a laborer working for the manufacturing firm of Linde-mann & Hoverson at their plant in Milwaukee. On the day of the accident in question (November 15th) he was carting lumber to be distributed to various points in the plant on a hand truck, in which operation he was assisted by a helper who pushed behind.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E.-T. Fairchild, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. In November, 1916, the plaintiff was a laborer working for the manufacturing firm of Linde-mann & Hoverson at their plant in Milwaukee. On the day of the accident in question (November 15th) he was carting lumber to be distributed to various points in the plant on a hand truck, in which operation he was assisted by a helper who pushed behind. The truck and its load weighed about 600 pounds. It had an iron handle in front by which the plaintiff pulled it. The defendants were…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNslow, C. J.
Our statute provides (sec. 2394 — 48) that every employer shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for employees therein “and for frequenters thereof,” and the appellant’s contention is that, in view of the testimony of the plaintiff and his helper that the truck had not moved or touched the timbers before the topmost timber fell, there was a question for the jury as to whether the timbers did not fall because improperly and insecurely piled, or, in other words, because of a violation of this safe-place statute, it being undisputed that the plaintiff was a “frequenter” of the…
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