Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority v. Heirs & Devisees of Eastey

¶1 Sound Transit condemned a small strip of land to expand its right of way in front of Jack’s Auto Parts, Inc., a store owned by the heirs of Jack Eastey. The Eastey interests offered relevant evidence tending to prove it was the take, not loss of access to the right of way, that would force them to move customer parking and the entrance from the front of the store to the side. Because the trial court’s erroneous decision to exclude this evidence was prejudicial to the determination of just compensation, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

¶2 Sound Transit owns a right of way along…