Verni v. State

— Judgment unanimously modified on the law and facts by reducing the award to $40,000, and as so modified, affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Claimants’ expert failed to make any adjustment with respect to .the properties which he presented as comparables; he admitted that he was not acquainted with expert appraisal methods and that he based his judgment upon “ the knowledge I have of the whole area ”, His failure to state thie factors which entered into his judgment affords no basis for review of his testimony. Such so-called expert testimony has consistently been held insufficient (Latham…