Week of January 8, 2001
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Annual
The Largest Jury Verdicts Of 2000
Landowner Compensated For
Taking By MBTA
| Flynn believed that, with 116 retail outlet stores just one mile away at the Independence Mall, the land was worth more than what the MBTA had offered to pay his client.
Ultimately, Flynn hired Allan Foster as his valuation expert. Foster turned out to be the most important witness he would call at trial.
Malls and big retail centers like Home Depot and Wal-Mart "have a tendency to cluster." Flynn explains. "The theory goes, if you go to a shopping mall, you'll go within a mile to Home Depot to buy a different type of product." |
