NFIB makes 3 points on compensating business losses

• It doesn’t matter if the condemning entity only wanted the land and not the business
• A legal obligation exists to pay “full and perfect equivalent” of what is taken
• This legal obligation includes when a business is taken

What legal case is involved? South LaFourche Levee District v. Chad M. Jarreau

Tell me what happened? 

• A Levee District found land to be susceptible to storm surges and flooding
• The district imposed easement restrictions 
• The easement restrictions prohibit the existing evacuation business from operating

NFIB | Landowners Should Be Compensated for Loss of Business in Eminent Domain Cases