Central Ceiling & Parttiton, Inc v. Department of Commerce

I respectfully dissent. In Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc v Sinacola Cos—Midwest, Inc, 461 Mich 316, 321, 323-324; 603 NW2d 257 (1999), our Supreme Court held that the substantial compliance provision of the Construction Lien Act, MCL 570.1302(1), does not apply to the statutorily mandated ninety-day recording deadline found in MCL 570.1111(1). Because the liens asserted by Central Ceiling & Partition, Inc. (Central), Kitchen Suppliers, Inc. (KSl), and Cappy Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. (Cappy) were not recorded within the ninety-day deadline, they ceased to exist, and the lower *448court…