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

United States Fire Protection installed a sprinkler system in a section of St. *414Michael's Hospital which had been used as a chemical dependency treatment center, in order to allow St. Michael's to use the space for sub-acute care. The Majority concludes that by so doing, United States Fire Protection "fell within the exemption of the lien statute" because it " 'provided' 10,000 square feet of sub-acute care space to [St. Michael's Hospital]." See Majority at 413. Because these facts are not enough to invoke the protections of the lien law exception, I respectfully dissent.

As the Majority…