United States Fire Protection, Wisconsin, Inc. v. St. Michael's Hospital of Franciscan Sisters, Milwaukee, Inc.

United States Fire Protection appeals from the trial court's judgment in favor of St. Michael's Hospital. The issue is whether a construction lien filed by United States Fire against property owned by St. Michael's Hospital is valid. The trial court concluded that the lien was invalid because United States Fire did not comply with the sixty-day lien notice requirement of § 779.02(2)(b), Stats. We conclude that United States Fire was exempt from the sixty-day notice requirement by virtue of § 779.02(l)(c), STATS. Accordingly, we reverse.

The facts are undisputed. United States Fire installed a…