Serzen v. Director of the Department of Environmental Management

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The sole issue presented by this appeal and cross-appeal is whether the trial justice in the Superior Court erred in determining the fair-market value of a parcel of real estate taken by the State of Rhode Island through eminent domain. The defendant, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), argued in its appeal that the trial justice erred by accepting expert testimony offered by the plaintiff, F. Stephen Serzan, regarding the value of the property and erred by ignoring restrictions on the property. The plaintiff in his cross-appeal countered that the trial…