Berger v. Metropolitan Sewerage Commission

Two issues are raised by this appeal:

1. Is there a question of fact on whether the defendant sewerage commission was the owner of a place of employment within the contemplation of the safe-place statute at the time of the deaths of plaintiffs’ decedents ?

2. If not, is the sewerage commission liable as an employer even if not an owner of a place of employment?

1. Liability under safe-place statute as owner of a place of employment. Appellants’ principal argument is that a question of fact is present here as to whether the sewerage commission maintained ownership of the sewer as a place of…