Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

¶ 1. The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether Wis. Stat. § 81.15 (2001-02), 1 which addresses governmental liability for highway defects, applies to a county that has a contract with the state to maintain a state highway. We conclude the statutory language "a highway which any county by law or by agreement with any town, city or village is bound to keep in repair," § 81.15, does not apply in this case, where Dane County was obligated by contract with the state to maintain the state highway that was allegedly defective. Because § 81.15 does not apply to Dane County in this case and…