Caffe Ribs, Inc., a Utah Corporation v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.

Caffe Ribs, Inc. appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding $4,914,480 in this eminent domain proceeding for the State’s whole taking of a 7.5214-acre parcel of land and improvements (the “property”). Caffe Ribs challenges the trial court’s evidentiary rulings in four issues. We affirm.

Overview

This is the second appeal arising in connection with the State’s acquisition of Caffe Ribs’s property as part of the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of the highway system. In the first appeal, Caffe Ribs appealed from a…