Wilfong v. North Carolina Department of Transportation

ARROWOOD, Judge.

Defendant, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT), appeals from an order finding it liable to James Wilfong and Maria Herrera (Plaintiffs) for damages arising from Defendant’s inverse condemnation of Plaintiffs’ property. We dismiss as interlocutory.

This appeal arises from a road improvement project by Defendant that included widening of Cheek Road in Durham County, North Carolina. Plaintiffs own property on Cheek Road in the area scheduled for widening. In March 1998 Plaintiffs conveyed part of their property to Defendant and granted Defendant a construction…