Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District v. City of Milwaukee

¶ 1. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District appeals the grant of summary judgment to the City of Milwaukee in its suit claiming that the City engaged in negligence and created a nuisance. The District seeks to recoup $700,000, the cost of rebuilding a metropolitan interceptor sewer that it contends was destroyed when a City water main collapsed. The District argues that the trial court erred: (1) in concluding that the City was entitled to either actual or constructive notice before it could be held liable for creating a nuisance; (2) in finding that no notice was given to the City…