Eminent domain: compensation: loss of goodwill.

Existing law provides that an owner of property taken by eminent domain is entitled to compensation for loss of goodwill if the owner proves certain specified elements. This bill would require than an owner additionally prove that goodwill existed before the taking. The bill would provide that evidence of the other elements would be presented to the trier of fact only if the owner produces evidence tending to show that goodwill existed before the taking.