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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. David C. BLEVINS.
As to the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing evidence of the effect of the creation of a traffic median, which is an exercise of police power, we believe after reviewing the evidence presented at trial that the references were de minimis and thus not prejudicial. We affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals except that, in accordance with Barnes v. North Carolina State Highway Commission, 257 N.C. 507, 126 S.E.2d 732 (1962), we disavow the following language in the Court of Appeals opinion:
Evidence of the construction of the traffic median near Blevins' property could have been considered in the context of the purpose and use of the taking as well as generally considered in determining whether the taking rendered Blevins' property less valuable. E.g., DOT v. M.M. Fowler, Inc., 361 N.C. 1, 14, 637 S.E.2d 885, 895 (2006) (a jury may consider the adverse effects of a condemnation on a business, not as a separate item of damage but rather a circumstance tending to show the diminution in the over-all fair market value of the property).
DOT v. Blevins, --- N.C.App. ----, ----, 670 S.E.2d 621, 625 (2009).
MODIFIED AND AFFIRMED.
PER CURIAM.
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Docket No: No. 59A09.
Decided: November 06, 2009
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina.
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