Bradstrom v. Lasker Jewelers

The safe-place statute under which the actions are brought provides:

“101.01 . . . (11) The term‘safe’or‘safety’as applied to ... a public building, shall mean such freedom from danger to the life, health, safety, or welfare of . . . frequenters, or the public, ... as the nature of the . . . public building, will reasonably permit.”

It is conceded for the purposes of this appeal that the duty imposed by the statute is owed by defendants to plaintiffs. The issue is whether a finding by a jury that the place was not as safe as its nature would reasonably permit could be sustained if there was…