Janice Sadler, d/b/a Xanadu Video v. State

OPINION

CANTRELL, P.J.,

M.S., delivered the opinion of the court,

in which KOCH, and CAIN, joined.

The owner of a business filed a claim in the Tennessee Claims Commission for the loss of the business caused by a construction project that temporarily hindered ingress and egress to the claimant’s location. The Claims Commissioner awarded the claimant the value of her business after finding that the State had negligently prolonged the construction project and had created a temporary nuisance. We reverse.

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The claimant purchased a video rental business in 1990 for $58,000.00 and moved it to Bellevue…