Gennrich v. Zurich American Insurance

¶ 1. The issue in this case is whether and to what extent the safe place statute applies to a golf course that is open to the public when a golfer is injured because of a defective fence at a tee box. The circuit court agreed with Grand Geneva, LLC, when it held that Grand Geneva had no notice of the defect and therefore could not be held responsible under the safe place statute. It also held that if there was no safe place violation, then there was no common law negligence. But we hold that Grand Geneva had a duty to inspect. Grand Geneva may not avoid liability by hiding its head in the…