Stellmacher v. Wisco Hardware Co.

Counsel for plaintiff complains because he was not permitted to submit the case upon a general verdict. He urges as error the court’s failure to submit “the omnibus question covering all the alleged defects which rendered the place and means of employment unsafe.”

The allegations of the complaint were vague and manifold. There was an allegation that the platform was slippery from snow; that the dolly which defendant provided was not equipped with brakes; and that the ground was rutted, causing the platform of plaintiff’s truck to be a foot below defendant’s loading platform.

The main facts upon…