Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Ginsburg

STEINFELD, Justice.

In a condemnation action the jury awarded the owners of unimproved land $200,000 for 4.19 acres taken from a tract which contained 18.49 acres. From a judgment entered pursuant to that verdict the Commonwealth appeals. We affirm.

The Commonwealth challenged for cause juror Phemia Siler because she was a defendant in a similar condemnation proceeding on the same project. KRS 29.270. Her case had been tried, but an appeal was pending. The trial court interrogated Mrs. Siler as to her bias and, after concluding that she was qualified to sit, denied the challenge, which the…