Legal Opinion
Union Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 15, 2008No. 26086-1-IIIPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchultheis, C.J.
¶1 In 1998, Union Elevator & Warehouse Company, Inc., was forced to relocate its East Lind grain elevator after a Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) highway project permanently closed Union Elevator’s main access road, effectively putting the elevator out of business. A jury awarded damages to Union Elevator for losses resulting from the impaired access to its business.
¶2 Union Elevator built another grain elevator and requested relocation compensation under our state’s relocation assistance and real property acquisition policy act (Act), chapter 8.26 RCW. The largest portion…
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