STATE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. YOUNG

No. 88-768.

539 So.2d 596 (1989)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Iris Hart YOUNG, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory G. Costas and Thomas H. Bateman, III, Tallahassee, for appellant.

C. Kenneth Stuart, Jr., of W. James Kelly, P.A., Lakeland, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Florida Department of Transportation (DOT), challenges the trial court's final order granting a directed verdict for the appellees, Iris Hart Young and others. We reverse.

DOT filed a petition seeking condemnation of land owned by the appellees alleging that it was necessary for the public purpose of replacing an inadequate and unsafe bridge. The appellees claimed that DOT was acting in bad faith and grossly abusing its discretionary...

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