Jury awards Kokomo Glass Shop $305,600 in eminent domain case
“A trial last week ended with a jury awarding a local business more than $300,000 after a portion of its property was seized by the city of Kokomo to construct the incoming downtown hotel…
Eminent Domain Lawsuit Results in $12.2 Million Jury Award to Property Owner, Reports Deal Sikes
“A jury has awarded a Houston property owner compensation of $12.2 million – almost four times the amount originally offered by the State of Texas – for the eminent domain taking of land for…
Boone County landowner wins $250,000 in pipeline lawsuit
“A central Iowa landowner who claims she wasn’t paid enough by oil pipeline builder Dakota Access to compensate for the value of her farmland has won a $250,000 jury verdict. Judith Lamb, who owns…
Eminent Domain and the Reasonable Probability of Rezoning: Why It Matters for a Property’s Highest and Best Use
“Landowners are constitutionally guaranteed just compensation when their property is taken for a public project. But the precise amount of just compensation is often an area of significant disagreement between landowners and the government…
Judge: $1.25 million award OK for old York County Prison
“The Redevelopment Authority of the City of York’s claims for a new eminent domain trial have no merit, and it must pay $1.25 million for the site of the old York County Prison, a judge…
Town must pay $2.9M — 7 times more than it offered — for eminent domain property
“A New Jersey town has to pay an owner about seven times what it offered for a property taken by eminent domain. An Essex County Superior Court jury Friday ordered the town of Bloomfield to…
Media Owner Battles Blommer Chocolate Expansion on His Land
“Eychaner has been battling the city’s attempt to seize his property via eminent domain for a decade. The situation began in 2000, when the city created a Planned Manufacturing District near the chocolate plant, in…
Utility authority should pay family for using land
“A jury has ordered the Harrison County Utility Authority to pay a South Mississippi woman and her son $30,000 in an eminent domain case. The Walker family sued the utility authority claiming the group took…
Eminent domain costs exceed county offers
“Just one of the 21 eminent domain cases filed by Delaware County in 2012 to acquire the land necessary to complete Sawmill Parkway remains open. The property will allow the county to extend the roadway…
More homeowners sue Lenawee County Airport
“The Lenawee County Airport is facing a new challenge in a “phase two” group of lawsuits filed by four Lake Madison homeowners. County commissioners voted in committee Tuesday to recommend allocating $50,000 toward a legal…