Persons liable under safe-place law are: (A) employers, (B) owners of public buildings, and (C) owners of places of employment. [1] Fellow employees and third persons do not sustain safe-place liability. [2] Exempted from category of owner (and probably employer) are persons who gratuitously permit their premises to be used by others for recreational activity. [3]

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1. Wis. Stat. Sec. 101.11; Naaj v. Aetna Ins. Co., 218 Wis. 2d 121, 579 N.W. 2d 815, 817 (Ct. App. 1998). As to architects, see that heading infra.

2. As to fellow employee -- Salus v. Great Northern R. Co., 157 Wis. 546 (1914); Van Dinter v. Worden-Allen Co., 158 Wis. 579 (1914); Deaton v. Unit Crane & Shovel Corp., 265 Wis. 349 (1953); L. G. Arnold v. Ind. Comm., 267 Wis. 521 (1954); see also footnotes 5 and 6, infra. As to third person -- La Duke v. Northern States Power Co., 256 Wis. 286 (1950). See discussion at "Negligent Acts Not Covered", Chapter 1, footnotes 72-80, supra. Safe-place statute does not apply to manufacturer by reason of its producing unsafe machine; Yaun v. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., 253 Wis. 558, 568 (1948).

3. Sec. 29.68, Stats. See Copeland v. Larson, 46 Wis. 2d 337 (1970) where use of premises is for "valuable consideration".