Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority v. Campoamor Modern Dairy, Inc.

Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority (the “Authority”) appeals an award to appellees of business damages in this eminent domain action.

In 1979 the Authority filed a petition in eminent domain and a declaration of taking to condemn certain parcels of appellees’ property as rights-of-way for construction of the Tampa-South Crosstown Expressway. Appellee Campoamor Modern Feed, Inc. filed responsive pleadings and claimed business damages. Campoamor alleged that the taking of part of its land precluded further use of the remainder of the property for its established business (a dairy…