Pinnacle Floor Covering, Inc. v. Department of Transportation

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Pinnacle Floor Covering, Inc., d/b/a Castle Carpet One (Pinnacle), appeals the trial court’s order denying its motion to recover experts’ fees incurred to litigate its business damage claim against the Department of Transportation (DOT) in connection with eminent domain proceedings between the parties. Pinnacle argues that the trial court improperly relied on the Fifth District’s opinion in Department of Transportation v. Jack’s Quick Cash, Inc., 748 So.2d 1049 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999), to conclude that a defendant in an eminent domain proceeding is not entitled to recover the…