Wisconsin Safe-Place Law Revised



Chapter One: Nature of Safe-Place Law
    (i) Effect of Law
      (1) Not Cause of Action
"It is well established that the safe-place statute does not create a cause of action. It merely lays down a standard of care and if those to whom it applies violate the provisions thereof, they are negligent." [22] Allegations charging safe-place violation merely allege an act of negligence on the part of the defendant. [23]

Conversion Table Wis. 2d to N.W. 2d or N.W.

22. Krause v. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6498, 9 Wis. 2d 547, 552 (1960); see also Holzworth v. State, 238 Wis. 63, 68 (1941); Morrison v. Steinfort, 254 Wis. 89, 91 (1948); Spote v. Aliota, 254 Wis. 403 (1949); Stellmacher v. Wisco Hardware Co., 259 Wis. 310, 314 (1951); Wright v. St. Mary's Hospital, 265 Wis. 502, 505 (1953); Paluch v. Baldwin Plywood & Veneer Co., 1 Wis. 2d 427, 432 (1957); Ermis v. Federal Windows Mfg. Co., 7 Wis. 2d 549, 555 (1959); Mullen v. Reischl, 10 Wis. 2d 297, 308 (1960); Zehren v. F. W. Woolworth Co., 11 Wis. 2d 539, 543 (1960); Thiel v. Bahr Construction Co., 13 Wis. 2d 196, 198 (1961); Lealiou v. Quatsoe, 15 Wis. 2d 128, 136 (1961); Rogers v. Oconomowoc, 16 Wis. 2d 621, 632 (1962); Presser v. Siesel Construction Co., 19 Wis. 2d 54, 65, 66 (1963); Widell v. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 19 Wis. 2d 648, 650 (1963); Dahl v. K-Mart, 46 Wis. 2d 605, 611 (1970); Baker v. McDel Corp., 53 Wis. 2d 71, 79; (1971); Gould v. Allstar Ins. Co., 59 Wis. 2d 355, 361 (1973); Brueggeman v. Continental Cas. Co., 141 Wis.2d 406, 410 (1987); Byers v. Labor and Industry Review Commission, 208 Wis. 2d 388, 561 N.W. 2d 678, 684 n. 1 (S. Ct. 1997).

23. Thiel v. Bahr Construction Co., 13 Wis. 2d 196, 198 (1961).


Revised October 14, 2001

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