Hatfield v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Highways

CLAYTON, Justice.

This court granted discretionary review to consider the Court of Appeals’ decision which reversed a jury award of $700,000 for movants in a condemnation proceeding. The two issues presented by this appeal are whether the expert testimony offered by movants on land value was competent, and whether the jury award was based upon sufficient evidence of probative value.

Movants’ property consisted of a 3.27 acre tract of prime commercial vacant land located at the intersection of Kentucky Highway 3 and U. S. Highway 23 in Floyd County, Kentucky. When the condemnation proceeding was…