Twin City Pipe Trades Service Ass'n v. Peak Mechanical, Inc.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This appeal from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the trustees of an employee-benefit trust fund presents the question of whether the trustees may file a mechanics’ lien statement on behalf of union employees. Because the trustees are acting as the representatives of the employees and effectively stand in their shoes, we conclude they may file the claim, and we affirm the district court’s ruling.

FACTS

Spectrum Investment Group, LLC, the owner of real property in Eagan, employed a subcontractor, Peak Mechanical, Inc. to make improvements on the…