Robert Barton v. City of Norwalk

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment awarding the plaintiff damages for inverse condemnation, holding that the taking of his dedicated parking lot substantially destroyed his ability to use and enjoy the adjoining commercial building even though the building retained some value and generated limited income. The court also held that the plaintiff's prior valuation of the parking lot based on its highest and best use did not clearly conflict with his later assertion that he would have continued using it as a parking lot. The court therefore upheld the rejection of the city's judicial-estoppel defense.