Hoffer Properties, LLC v. State of Wisconsin

1 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a grant of partial summary judgment to the Department of Transportation (DOT).1 Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 84.25 (2007-08),2 DOT eliminated Hoffer Properties, LLC's (Hoffer's) direct driveway connections to State Trunk Highway 19 (STH 19), a controlled-access highway. DOT also separately exercised its power of eminent domain to acquire .72 acre of Hoffer's land in order to extend Frohling Lane westward so as to connect Hoffer's property to the *383highway. Hoffer received $90,000 in compensation for the .72 acre…