State, Department of Transportation v. Schatt

LEHAN, Acting Chief Judge.

The issue in, and the facts of, this case are substantially indistinguishable from those in Dept, of Transportation v. Standard Oil Co., 510 So.2d 324 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). On the authority of Standard Oil, we reverse the trial court’s final judgment which awarded business damages to Texaco, the sublessor of an automobile service station located on property partially taken by eminent domain. We reaffirm Standard Oil which we recognize had not been decided at the time of the final judgment in this case. If, as Texaco vigorously argues, Standard Oil represents an…