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KAUER v. WISCONSIN DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 2009AP1615.

793 N.W.2d 99 (2010)

2010 WI App 139

Lawrence F. KAUER and Carol E. Kauer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Erik Samuel Olsen of Samuel Phillip Law Offices, LLC of Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Abigail C. Potts and Kathleen M. Batha , assistant attorney generals, and J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

Before BROWN, C.J., NEUBAUER, P.J., and ANDERSON, J.

BROWN, C.J.

¶ 1 Lawrence and Carol Kauer are trying to fight the condemnation of a portion of their land for a road by claiming that the proposed road is unsafe. Specifically, they contend that the DOT's condemnation of their property is a gross abuse of discretion because it is based—according to their expert—on unsafe plans. The DOT, meanwhile, asserts that the road was designed with safety in mind by its team of engineers. The case comes to us...

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