Court Opinion

ID: 9685472
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:41:45.369454+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:06.670719
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE
¶ 39. (concurring). I agree with the majority opinion that Wis. Stat. § 70.043 needs legislative attention. No judicial definition of "set upon a foundation" or "off its wheels" or "set upon some other support" is free from difficulties. Nevertheless, in choosing among several unsatisfactory alternatives set forth by the courts, I would adopt the test set forth in the majority opinion in the court of appeals because I think it presents the *170fewest problems in application. I would not further complicate the issue, as the majority opinion does, by adding the concepts of "temporary" (majority op. at ¶ 30), "temporary and for a limited time" (majority op. at ¶ 30), "very limited time" (majority op. at ¶ 30), or "temporary basis" (majority op. at ¶ 31) in interpreting the statute.
¶ 40. Moreover, I do not understand how the majority opinion can apply its new test to defeat the claims of 136 plaintiffs without giving these plaintiffs an opportunity to present evidence under the new test.
¶ 41. I am authorized to state that Justice DIANE S. SYKES joins this opinion.