STATE v. LEWIS

No. S-2544.

785 P.2d 24 (1990)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. William G. LEWIS; .515 Acres, more or less; and .280 Acres, more or less, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Walton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairbanks, Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Cameron Kirk, Law Offices of John Rosie, Fairbanks, for appellee William Lewis.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from consolidated eminent domain and inverse condemnation cases. The question presented is whether the state is entitled to a new trial on the amount of just compensation required for the taking of an abutting landowner's right of access to the Richardson Highway. We hold that the superior court abused its discretion in denying the state's motion for a new trial, because the jury verdict is internally inconsistent...

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