Department of Transportation v. Haywood Oil Co.

BRYANT, Judge.

Defendant Haywood Oil Company appeals from a judgment entered 4 June 2007 after a jury awarded defendant $57,500.00 “as just compensation for the appropriation of a portion of their property for highway purposes” and from an order entered 17 August 2007 which denied defendant’s motion for a new trial. For the reasons stated herein, we find no error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Facts

On 16 April 2001, plaintiff Department of Transportation (DOT) instituted an action for the partial condemnation of 2.98 acres of Haywood Oil’s real property for the widening of US…