California Court of Appeal

Trial court order order dismissing defendant's claim for loss of goodwill connected to the acquisition by eminent domain of real property is reversed where the court erred in concluding that defendant was not entitled to compensation for goodwill because it was a month-to-month tenant as nothing requires that a business owner's entitlement to goodwill must be based on a written lease on the property that is taken.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2009
• Published 06/23/2009

Judges

• EPSTEIN, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Century Law Group, Karen A. Larson and Daniel A. Woodford, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants., Matteoni, O'Laughlin & Hechtman, Norman E. Matteoni, Barton G. Hechtman, San Jose;  Sullivan Workman & Dee and Gary A. Kovacic, Los Angeles, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants., Oliver, Sandifer & Murphy, Connie Cooke Sandifer, Los Angeles, and Cynthia C. Miller for Plaintiff and Respondent.