Crane v. Texas Department of Transportation

RAMEY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal of the trial court’s instructed verdict for the State in an eminent domain proceeding. The landowner, Mary Elizabeth Crane (“Crane”), recovered damages in the amount of the appraisal by the State’s valuation expert. Crane’s expert witness, Bryan Scott (“Scott”), and her other designated valuation witnesses were not permitted to testify because of Crane’s late supplementation of discovery. The primary question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in proceeding with the trial of this case at a time when the landowner’s evidence was required to…