Business Damages, Eligibility Flashcards

1
Q

How calculate Bus Dmgs in a total taking?

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Zero. Prop O gets compensated for land only

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What kind of interest in land must Bus O have to get Bus Dmgs?

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Must have ownership or leasehold interest in BOTH Taken + Remainder.

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If Bus O has some interest in BOTH Taken + Remainder, what dmgs can it get?

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Bus O gets compensated for land + if meet criteria can get business dmgs.

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If Bus O has an int in BOTH Taken + Remainder, what factor must its business meet?

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Compliance w/ §73.071(3)(b)
1. Continuous physical existence on site;
2. For 5 yrs (can tack on) &
3. Own adjacent. [∑ “own” in ED incl leasehold int.]

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If Bus O has leasehold int in BOTH Taken + Remainder & meets all criteria, what limits Bus Dmg recovery?

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Duration of its lawful possession.

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To meet 5 yr requirement of 73.370(3)(b) [bus dmgs], how can Bus O borrow time?

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Can tack on (prior owner, same location).
Can’t buy out terminated bus or relocate.

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7
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What are the 2 types of special damages?

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BUSINESS DMGS

1) Dmg to Remainder.
2) Bus dmgs.

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What’s included in Business damages?

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BUSINESS DMGS
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a Good Profit Business will Move Down.
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(1)  Loss of goodwill, 
(2)  Lost profits, 
(3)  Costs to move and sell equip, and 
(4)  Dmg by “down time.”
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Is the right to business damages protected by the Constitution?

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No. They are from “legislative grace, not constitutional imperative.”

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Why isn’t the right to business damages protected by the Constitution?

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Lost profits and business damages are intangibles which generally do not constitute ‘property’ in the constitutional sense.”

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11
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State the 3 types of damages considered constitutionally protected “property.”

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BUSINESS DMGS

(1) Land taken.
(2) Improvements, and
(3) Dmg to Remaining land (i.e., severance damages

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Special dmgs (FS 73.071) require a taking for ROW. How does case law interpret ROW?
Ex. roads only?

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BUSINESS DMGS
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Broadly to include drainage.
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b/c 73.071 speaks of condemnation of a road, canal, levee, or water control facility right-of-way.
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13
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State 8 prerequisites to claim Business Damages.

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Business is Damaged by 5 Public Tenants @ the COPA cabana ROW.
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1. 5 years
2. By a public entity.
3. Tenants of BO or BO [lessees may qualify]
4. Continuous operation + physically @ taking location.
5. BO = prop taken O.
6. Partial taking.
7. Adjoining. Locale is adjoining lands also owned by property owner.
8. Taken for ROW.

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14
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Must business be conducted on BOTH the taken portion and the remainder?

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Yes - caselaw.

~confirmed.

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15
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What business dmgs are recoverable?

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“the probable damages to such business which the denial of the use of the property so taken may reasonably cause.”

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16
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Is a change in access compensable?

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Yes, access is a ‘property right.’ BUT the damage has to be different in kind to community.
Loss of convenient access is not different from damages sustained by the community at large.

17
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If a median is installed prohibiting half the cars from turning into your business, is that compensable?

A

No! Court found that to be a ‘traffic diminution’ which is not a property right!

18
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What are 2 categories of damages that are not compensable?

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BUSINESS DMGS
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Convenience + traffic.
(a)  Can lose convenient access w/o comp as long as you have reasonable access.
(b)  Traffic is not a property right.
19
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How must consequential damages impact O, in order to be recoverable?

A

Special and peculiar, different in kind to the community.

20
Q

What category of persons can claim business damages, that is found in case law (I don’t find in statute).

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Business has 5 Tenants @ the COPA cabana.
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A business tenant!
The claimant is usually the property owner but it can also be the tenant of the property owner limited by the duration of the leasehold interest.
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Seminole County v. Sanford Court Investors, Ltd., 743 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999),

21
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What type of damage is specifically NOT avail in a bus dmg claim?

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BUSINESS DMGS
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Interest.
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MJ Stavola.  b/c it's statute created.
22
Q

The statute is construed in whose favor?

A

LG.

23
Q

Which of the following re-starts the 5 year clock?
(a) Change in ownership.
(b) Change in name.
(c) Expansion or addition or move on same parcel.

A
BUSINESS DMGS
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None.
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Need the business itself (not the current owner) to have been in business on site for 5 yrs.  Can be bought by new etc so long as continuous operation.

~~~Change in ownership surprises me.~~~

24
Q

Why would a Tenant be entitled to business damages? Need it be in business for 5 years?

A

I find NOTHING on this. Repeatedly the cases say that the Tenant is entitled to recover its interest in the taking & same is measured under 73.071(3).
Practice Pointer:
Look for a tenant & landlord to have been in business for 5 years. Need some outside insight on this.

25
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Name 3 conditions that do not allow business damages [even if business qualifies under 73.071(3)].

A

BUSINESS DMGS

(1) Total taking.
(2) CR is not a public body.
(3) Land is taken for some purpose other than building or expanding a right-of-way.

26
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What is “right of way” under 73.071(3)?

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Not confined to road ROW. Also applies to ROW easements for drainage facilities.
SHD PROBABLY BE MENTIONED ON AN ESSAY