Corpron v. Safer Foods, Inc.

1. Saje-place statute. The circuit court declined to instruct the jury that defendants had obligations under the safe-place statute, since the court was of the opinion that the public sidewalk was not a place of employment as defined in sec. 101.01 (1), Stats.

Plaintiffs claim that the sidewalk was a place of employment for which defendants were responsible because “they used the public sidewalk for the purpose of having their customers enter from their parking lot to their store.” The case of Miller v. Welworth Theatres 1 is directly in point. In that case patrons of the theater were required…