Utah Department of Transportation v. TBT Property Management, Inc.

Memorandum Decision

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

11 This case involves a taking of private property by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to construct the Pioneer Crossing Highway, a limited-access public highway. The landowner, TBT Property Management, Inc. (TBT) appeals the trial court's pretrial rulings regarding whether UDOT had mitigated severance damages from the condemnation by providing access to an otherwise isolated portion of TBT's remainder property and whether UDOT could amend its complaint to reflect that mitigation. TBT claims that these errors rendered the jury's verdict…