Court Opinion

ID: 9937018
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:00:33.49259+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:34:28.864294
License: Public Domain

I concur, because I am convinced that the absence of any direct physical injury to Willis's property precludes his inverse-condemnation action claiming compensation under § 23 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. To the extent that Foreman v. State, 676 So.2d 303
(Ala. 1995), and Barber v. State, 703 So.2d 314 (Ala. 1997), held that no direct physical injury was required to support such a claim, I agree that those cases should be overruled. However, it must be noted that both of those cases involved property that had been physically damaged by the State's construction activities.