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Wis JI-Civil 1904
Safe-Place Statute: Public Buildings: Negligence of Owner
Give Wis JI-Civil 1005.
In addition, the defendant has the duty to comply with the provisions of the statutes of
Wisconsin which define a "public building" as any structure used by the public or by three or
more tenants and require that every owner of a public building shall so construct, repair, or
maintain such public building as to render the same safe. The term "public building" means
and includes any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior
platform, or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of
resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or used by the public or by three or
more tenants.
(The defendant's building located at Street, at the time in question,
was a public building under the provisions of the law just referred to.)
Another section of the Wisconsin statutes provides that the term "safe" or "safety" as
applied to a public building means such freedom from danger to the life, health, safety, or
welfare of the public as the public building will reasonably permit.
[Here give the last three paragraphs of Wis JI-Civil 1900.4.]
History
Wis JI-Civil 1904 (1990). ©1990, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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