State v. Fullerton

In this condemnation proceeding, the State of Oregon through the Department of Transportation (ODOT), condemned property belonging to defendants for the Camelot/Sylvan Interchange project on Highway 26 in Portland. After defendants Peterson defaulted, ODOT filed an amended complaint alleging that the just compensation for defendants Fullertons’ property was $74,500.1 The Fullertons answered that the value of the land taken and the damages to their remaining property were at least $200,000. The jury awarded $83,259 as just compensation. The Fullertons appeal, arguing in part that the trial…