Landowner Tricks
Landowner’s counsel claims this occurs in every single partial acquisition.
What is damage to the remainder (or severance damage)?
A pretrial sworn out-of-court statement by a witness used to preserve testimony and impeach at trial.
What is a deposition?
This massive, 1911-mile transportation project was completed on May 10, 1869, and connected the east and west.
What is the transcontinental Railroad?
This controversial Super Bowl halftime performer delivered the entire show in Spanish.
Who is Bad Bunny?
In this wildly popular television drama, the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the US, is under constant attacks by its neighbors.
What is Yellowstone?
A creative way for landowners to claim all of their parcels are damaged when the take is only from one parcel.
What is unity of lands (or larger parcel)?
A party’s obligation to persuade the factfinder.
What is the burden of proof?
This famous structure was designed by John Roebling, took the lives of 27 workers, and revolutionized New York.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
This sci-fi book and movie featured a modern day “Rocky”.
What is “Project Hail Mary”?
In this 1933 black and white film, an enormous ape kidnaps Faye Wray and climbs the tallest building in the world.
What is King Kong?
This number should be derived from market data, but opposing experts may just make it up to manipulate the income approach.
What is the capitalization rate (or cap rate)?
The preliminary examination of prospective jurors to uncover biases and ensure a fair jury.
What is voir dire?
This structure was completed in the Great Depression, created Lake Meade, and contains enough concrete to build a highway from San Francisco to New York.
What is the Hoover Dam?
This generation is known for its vapid gestures like (hand over mouth) and (finger under nose) and dumb comments like “that” and “clock it!
What is Gen Z?
This movie stars Catherine Keener and features a ridiculous scene where her character’s house is being torn down by developers before receiving just compensation.
What is Little Pink House?
This appraisal approach is known to be the least reliable and subject to manipulation, particularly when dealing with older improvements.
What is the cost approach?
A request made before or during trial asking the court to exclude certain evidence from the jury’s consideration.
What is a motion in limine?
These brothers from Dayton, Ohio traveled to Kitty Hawk, NC and were the founders if the most important transportation industries in the world.
Who are Wilbur and Orville Wright?
This Irish Band’s newest album, “Prizefighter” is one of the best first listens of the decade.
Who is Mumford & Sons?
In this Netflix drama, Marty used the threat of Eminent Domain to force his adversaries to allow ROW for a casino boat.
What is Ozark?
If a landowner wants his or her friends to help determine how much he gets, they can just ask for this.
What is request Commissioners?
This procedure is not mandatory in every jurisdiction, but is in Virginia eminent domain cases and requires special transportation for the jury or commissioners.
What is the jury view?
This massive infrastructure expansion features two new tunnels, expansion of existing roadways from 4 to 8 lanes, and will make traveling to this Symposium much easier!
What is the HRBT Expansion Project?
This popular show pits drag queens from previous seasons in a wig-to-wig drag battle royale.
What is “Rupaul’s Drag Race All Stars”?
In this iconic 1957 movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture, British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge in Thailand.
What is Bridge over River Kwai?