http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com Emmett Boney Haywood Eminent Domain Case Studies Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this 2007 condemnation action, the NCDOT did not take any land from the property owner.  Instead, the taking consisted of four (4) contract access points along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway in Wilmington, North Carolina.  The NCDOT’s initial deposit of $2,375,200 was subsequently increased by $2,298,947 for total ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/11/06/highest-best-use-%e2%80%93-access-taken-no-land-new-hanover-county/ This condemnation by the NCDOT involved the closing and/or change in grade to access points for this Durham convenience store.  After the taking the C-Store and gas pumps remained but the impact to the site was significant.  NCDOT deposited $14,959.  Ms. Haywood together with her co-counsel obtained a jury verdict ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/11/06/access-business-damages-durham-county/ In 2006, the Moore County Airport Authority (MCAA) acquired land from a family limited partnership in Moore County, North Carolina for a public roadway right-of-way to relocate a portion of NC Highway 22 and State Road 1843.  Emmett Boney Haywood represented the family limited partnership in the North ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/10/06/acquisition-for-airport-expansion-moore-county/ In 2006, Wake County condemned the entire property owned by Defendant for a public off-street parking facility.  The County’s highest offer was $415,000 for the property.  With the assistance of Raleigh Eminent Domain Law Firm Emmett Boney Haywood, a jury verdict was issued in the amount of $625,000 plus interest and costs. http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/08/03/business-whole-taking-wake-county-nc/ This inverse condemnation case involved the siltation of a pond located in eastern Wake County.  The NCDOT had taken a portion of the tract for the construction of the new I-540 Eastern Wake Expressway.  Ineffective storm drainage measures caused the siltation of the pond.  NCDOT and the contractor settled the inverse claim ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/08/03/inverse-condemnation-wake-county-nc/ This case involved a partial taking for the Evans Road Widening Project in Cary, North Carolina.  The homeowner’s property was located on Evans Road, a two-lane road.  The Town of Cary took the owner’s front yard to construct a new four-lane, main roadway.  The municipality’s initial offer for this taking ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/05/06/partial-taking-with-severance-damages-wake-county/ The NCDOT sought to acquire a .56 acre portion of a 1.13 acre residential tract for right of way purposes, with an initial offer of $126,000, which included the taking of the property’s septic system.  There were no remaining suitable soils to support a traditional septic system.  As a result ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2009/03/06/negotiated-settlement-for-whole-taking-relocation-benefits-wake-county/ In 2008, Carolina Power & Light Company (doing business as Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.) filed a condemnation action against a real estate development company to install an electrical substation on the company’s property near the downtown Raleigh area.  The initial deposit was in the amount of $3,553,085.  Together with co-counsel, ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2008/11/06/utility-acquisition-wake-county/ NCDOT took a portion of this convenience store property for a road widening project in Lee County, North Carolina.  The government’s initial offer for the property taken by eminent domain was $3,120.00.  During pre-trial hearings, the court  ruled that the NCDOT could not establish the existence of some of its ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2007/11/06/road-widening-taking-lee-county/ This case involved appraisal, wetlands, and other land use issues.  Raleigh North Carolina Eminent Domain Attorney, Emmett Boney Haywood, represented the property owners in the NCDOT’s taking of a portion of the property for the construction of the Wake Forest (NC 98) Bypass.  The initial offer by the NCDOT was ... http://nc-eminent-domain-news.com/2002/11/06/highest-and-best-use-wake-county/