Town of Ponce Inlet v. Pacetta, LLC

The parties in this case make their third appearance before this court. In this appeal, the Town of Ponce Inlet (“Town”) appeals a multi-million-dollar second amended final judgment entered following a jury trial on damages arising from an inverse condemnation claim as well as an earlier order resulting from a bench trial on liability (“liability order”) that found in favor of the Appellees: Pacetta, LLC; Down the Hatch, Inc.; and Mar-Tim, Inc. (collectively “Pacetta”). To explain our decision today, we first chronologically discuss the factual and procedural history involving these parties…