Oates v. State Department of Transportation

PITTMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal of a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a condemnation case. Both the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) and William Oates and Lura Oates appealed to the circuit court an award of damages by the Montgomery County Probate Judge for property condemned for a road project known as the “outer loop.” In accordance with § 18-1A-151, Ala.Code 1975, certain issues— specifically property identification, the highest and best use of the property, and damages — were reserved for the jury to determine. DOT and the Oateses previously stipulated that DOT was entitled to…