Byline: Derek Hawkins
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: United America, LLC, v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Case No.: 2021 WI 44
Focus: Eminent Domain Diminution in Property Value
The Department of Transportation (DOT) changed the grade of a highway that abuts United America, LLC's property. As a result, access to United America's property became less convenient and that property's value decreased. The question here is whether such a diminution in property value qualifies as "damages to...