Timothy Duggan, Esq. Secures $441,948 Award in New Jersey Eminent Domain Case

Timothy P. Duggan, Esq. obtained a $441,948 award after a two-day hearing before the Board of Condemnation Commissioners in Morris County, New Jersey.  The New Jersey Department of Transportation initially valued a partial taking of land at $71,000.

The case had to wind its way through an administrative hearing to determine whether the change in highway access for a restaurant was reasonable. Once the access issues were decided, the damage case for the loss of several parking spaces was litigated in a contested hearing.

The parties had to brief and argue many complex evidentiary issues, including the admissibility of evidence on the cost to cure damage.  Stark & Stark was proud to represent the property owners who had the necessary grit to fight back to protect their business and wishes to extend it thanks to the expert witnesses who were outstanding.

Timothy P. Duggan is the Chair of Stark & Stark’s Condemnation, Redevelopment, and Eminent Domain Group. The main focus of this group is representing private property owners in challenging the government’s right to take private property by the use of the power of eminent domain (also known as condemnation) and prosecuting inverse condemnation claims.

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