Bellmann v. National Container Corp. of Michigan

The defendant contends that the trial court committed prejudicial error by, submitting to the jury a question as to the violation of the safe-place statute, sec. 101.06. It contends that the area was not a place of employment within the meaning of the statute in so far as the defendant is concerned. The defendant advances several arguments to support this contention.

It contends, among other things, that Bellmann should have been found contributorily negligent as a matter of law because he was in charge of the installation and had full knowledge of the conditions in the area where he went to…