Paykel v. Rose
Paykel v. Rose
Opinion of the Court
Luick contends that neither a violation of the safe-place statute nor of any of the rules pertaining to common-law negligence is pleaded.
To entitle plaintiffs to recover for violation of the safe-place statute plaintiffs must plead and establish that the place at which Mrs. Paykel was injured was a “place of employment” as that term is defined in sec. 101.01 (1), Stats., the provisions of which are as follows:
“The phrase ‘place of employment’ shall mean and include every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade, or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade, or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, . . .”
It is not alleged that Luick in its use of the park was engaged in “any industry, trade, or business,” or that its employees were “employed by . . . [it] for direct or indirect gain or profit.”
The facts alleged do not charge a violation of sec. 101.06, Stats., which provides that “every employer and every owner of a place of employment or a public building now or hereafter constructed shall so construct, repair, or maintain such
The portion of the park being used by Luick is not a “public building” as the term is used in sec. 1.01.06, Stats., and as it is defined in sec. 101.01 (12) :
“The term ‘public building’ as used in sections 101.01 to 101.29 shall mean and include any structure used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public, or by three or more tenants.”
Precedent and authority for all the foregoing is found in Hoepner v. Eau Claire, 264 Wis. 608, 60 N. W. (2d) 392. We conclude that the complaint fails to allege a violation of the safe-place statute.
Plaintiffs contend and the trial court held that the allegations of the complaint are sufficient to charge common-law negligence. In its memorandum opinion the court cited as authority for its conclusion Wills v. Wisconsin-Minnesota L. & P. Co. 187 Wis. 626, 205 N. W. 556. It is apparent from a reading of the opinion in that case that it was not contended that the complaint failed to allege a violation of a common-law duty. The case was tried upon that theory. We are unable to read out of the complaint in the instant case any allegation charging the violation of a common-law duty.
All the allegations setting forth a breach of duty are contained in paragraph 6 of the complaint. There it is alleged that the defendant failed to maintain, etc., “all in violation of the statutes of the state of Wisconsin, in that” defendants acted or failed to act in certain respects for the protection of persons using the area adjoining the ball park. Each of the specifications alleged is tied to the underlying charge that defendants failed “in violation of the statutes of the state of Wisconsin,” obviously a violation of the safe-place statute,
By the Court. — Order reversed. The cause is remanded for further proceedings according to law.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Paykel and another v. Rose, Defendant: Luick Dairy Company
- Status
- Published