Boulis v. Department of Transportation

709 So.2d 206 (1998)

Gus BOULIS, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Appellees.

No. 97-321.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 15, 1998.

Dominick J. Salfi, Maitland, for Appellant.

Pamela S. Leslie and Gregory G. Costas, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

DAUKSCH, Judge.

The issue in this appeal in an eminent domain case is whether the condemnee is entitled to prejudgment interest on costs necessarily expended by him in preparation for trial. He says that unless he is paid that interest on money expended and thus unavailable for other use, then he is deprived of his…