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HIGHWAY & TRANSP. COM'R v. LANIER FARM

Record No. 840566.

357 S.E.2d 531 (1987)

STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER OF VIRGINIA v. LANIER FARM, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd E. LePage, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., Walter H. Ohar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, R. Morgan Armstrong, Armstrong & Armstrong, Martinsville, on brief), for appellant.

David B. Worthy (Stone & Worthy, P.C., Martinsville, on brief), for appellee.

Present with: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

RUSSELL, Justice.

This appeal from a judgment in a highway condemnation case raises a question concerning the compensability of damages attributed to frustration of the owner's plans for development caused by speeding motorists on the highway.

Lanier Farm, Inc. (Lanier), has developed large tracts of land in and near the City of Martinsville since 1938. On June 1, 1982, Lanier still retained a 130-acre tract in the city which bordered on State Route 650 (Spruce...

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