Swanson v. Department of Transportation

Pope, Judge.

This is the second appearance of this case before this court. In 1983, the Georgia Department of Transportation filed a declaration of taking of .801 acre of land owned by appellant/condemnee La Myra Kane Swanson. In the first appearance of this case before this court, the court reversed a jury verdict for Swanson in the amount of $132,000 and remanded the case for new trial. Department of Transp. v. Swanson, 191 Ga. App. 752 (382 SE2d 711) (1989). The case was retried in June 1990. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Swanson in the amount of $60,000. Swanson appeals from that…