Coleman v. Escambia County

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

Coleman appeals from a judgment awarding him $26,555 for the condemnation of his property for roadway purposes. He complains only that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to adduce before the jury evidence of the damage or destruction of his business as the result of the condemnation proceedings. Section 73.071(3)(b), Fla.Stat. (1979), provides:

Where less than the entire property is sought to be appropriated, any damages to the remainder caused by the taking, including, when the action is by the Division of Road Operations of the Department of…