May 6, 2020
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Granted Appeal Summary
Case
HOOKED GROUP, LLC v. CITY OF CHESAPEAKE (Record Number
190764)
From
The Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake; R. Smith,
Judge.
Counsel
L. Steven Emmert (Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, P.C.),
Joshua E. Baker and Blake A. Willis (Waldo & Lyle, P.C.) for
appellant.
Jacob B. Stroman, Kelly Daniels Sheeran and Ellen F. Bergren
(Office of the City Attorney of the City of Chesapeake) for
appellee.
Assignment of Error
The trial court erroneously sustained the City’s demurrer. The City
took the landowner’s easement for ingress/egress by extinguishing
the property’s direct access to Callison Drive. This action took a
property right and damaged the remaining property without just
compensation, violating Art. I, §11 of the Constitution of
Virginia.