Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Commrs. v. Otr, Unpublished Decision (3-23-2007)

DECISION. {¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners and the City of Cincinnati ("city and county") appeal from the jury verdict in an appropriation action awarding $3.5 million to defendant-appellee/cross-appellant OTR, the statutory nominee for the State Teachers' Retirement Board of Ohio. The damages were awarded to compensate OTR for the taking of its right of access where an elevated walkway had connected the Cincinnati riverfront to Atrium Two, an office building owned by OTR.

{¶ 2} The city and county have raised five assignments of error for…