KALLAS MILLWORK CORP. v. SQUARE D CO.

No. 319.

66 Wis.2d 382 (1975)

225 N.W.2d 454

KALLAS MILLWORK CORPORATION and another, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SQUARE D COMPANY and another, Defendants: ITT GRINNELL CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Ames, Riordan, Crivello & Sullivan of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Frank T. Crivello; and a supplemental brief by Ames, Riordan, Crivello & Sullivan, attorneys, and Victor A. Miller, attorney general, and David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, of counsel.

For the respondents there was a brief by Frisch, Dudek, Slattery & Denny of Milwaukee, and oral argument by William A. Denny.


HEFFERNAN, J.

This appeal concerns the interpretation and constitutionality of sec. 893.155, Stats., the statute of limitations primarily applicable in the instance of the claimed negligence of architects and engineers and other designers. We conclude that a high-pressure water system designed for fire protection constituted, as a matter of law, "an improvement to real property" as that phrase is used in sec. 893.155.

We also conclude that sec. 893.155, Stats...

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