Dade County v. Midic Realty, Inc.

Dade County [County] appeals the award of appraiser’s fees in an eminent domain *1208proceeding.1 Pursuant to section 73.091, Florida Statutes (1987), the property owner is entitled to recover reasonable costs, including reasonable appraiser’s fees. The property owners’ appraiser, Mr. Sutte, submitted a bill for 536.5 hours of work totaling $48,012.50, representing five years of work by the appraiser and his staff. Included in the appraiser’s efforts were: reviewing the property’s size and location, conducting comparisons with other properties affected by the People Mover and reviewing other sales…