260 North 12th Street, LLC v. State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation

¶ 1. In this condemnation case, a jury awarded 260 North 12th Street, LLC, and Basil E. Ryan, Jr. (collectively, "Ryan"), $2,001,725 for property *753that was taken pursuant to eminent domain as part of a highway construction project. This was more than the $1,348,000 that was originally granted to Ryan, but less than the nearly $3.5 million that Ryan was seeking. Ryan seeks a new trial and presents four arguments in favor of granting a new trial: (1) evidence concerning environmental contamination and remediation should not have been admitted; (2) Ryan's two expert witnesses should not have been…