Sharpe v. Department of Transportation

Hunstein, Justice.

During the trial of this condemnation action, the jury heard testimony by two experts for the condemnees, Gerhardt and Limb, regarding the value of the property taken and the damage to the remaining property. In response to a question posed by the jury during deliberations, the trial court had a portion of Gerhardt’s testimony replayed for the jury. In response to questions posed by the jury regarding Limb’s testimony, the trial court wrote the monetary values to which Limb had testified on the paper with the questions submitted by the jury. The Court of Appeals held that…