Key Takeaways:

A Carroll County jury awarded $3.5 million to homeowners in an eminent domain case tied to an airport expansion.

The verdict was five times higher than the county’s final offer before trial.

The case centered on an airspace easement for a planned runway extension at the regional airport.

The nearly 20-year dispute highlights challenges in valuing property affected by public infrastructure projects.

A Carroll County jury last week awarded $3.5 million in an eminent domain case to a couple who live near the local airport and whose airspace is needed for a runway extension.

The jury inquisition — the word for a judgment in eminent domain cases — was five times the $700,000 the Carroll County government offered Kathleen O’Connor and Steven Osborne before trial, and far

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