2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 26 - EMINENT DOMAIN
Chapter 5 - Procedure for Determining Damages
Section 519 - Allocation of damages

     § 519.  Allocation of damages.
        (a)  Severance damages.--Upon appeal from an award of
     viewers, the court upon the request of the plaintiff shall,
     after the jury or the court, if the trial is without jury, has
     returned its general verdict, make a specific finding and
     allocation of the amount of the general verdict attributable to
     severance damages to the part of the property not taken.
        (b)  Other damages.--The jury or the court in a trial without
     a jury shall make specific findings as to the portion of the
     verdict allocated to:
            (1)  general damages;
            (2)  moving and removal expenses;
            (3)  business dislocation damages; and
            (4)  other items of special damages authorized by this
        title;
     except reasonable appraisal, attorney and engineering fees
     recoverable under sections 306 (relating to preliminary
     objections), 308 (relating to revocation of condemnation
     proceedings), 709 (relating to condemnee's costs where no
     declaration of taking filed) and 710 (relating to limited
     reimbursement of appraisal, attorney and engineering fees),
     which shall be determined by the court in an appropriate case.

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