Krause v. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6498

The plaintiffs’ complaint alleges that the defendant violated the safe-place statute (sec. 101.06).' The evidence did not disclose any structural defect in defendant’s building but rather a temporary condition wholly disassociated from the structure. Therefore, there could be no liability imposed upon the defendant as an owner of a public building, but any liability would have to be predicated upon the defendant’s failure to safely maintain a place of employment. Jaeger v. Evangelical Lutheran Holy Ghost Congregation (1935), 219 Wis. 209, 212, 262 N. W. 585, and Harnett v. St. Mary’s…