Gordon v. Schultz Savo Stores, Inc.

Three issues are presented on this appeal:(1) Is the parking lot herein a place of employment under the safe-place statute;(2) Was respondent negligent in maintaining the two-inch curb along the triangular area in the parking lot; and(3) Was appellant’s contributory negligence so great as to bar her recovery as a matter of law?

Parking lot as place of employment.

Sec. 101.06, Stats., commonly known as the safe-place statute, imposes upon employers a standard of care, violation of which is negligence. Ermis v. Federal Windows Mfg. Co. (1959), 7 Wis. 2d 549, 555, 97 N. W. 2d 485. The statute…