Hiatt Printing Sees Eminent Domain Effort Dropped

Hiatt expressed relief at the conclusion of what has been a two-year ordeal for the company. He acknowledged the work of his eminent domain attorneys—Tonny Storey, Phil Sever and George Padgitt of the Sever-Storey firm—but cautioned that other businesses will remain at risk of seizure.

"…while the recent decision to abandon the seizure of the McKinley property by Ball State University is certainly a victory for the Hiatt family in the immediate moment, it really means that Ball State University simply lives on to attempt to seize private property yet another day," Hiatt wrote on the company's Website. "In lieu of a legal ruling or a change in the statutes of Indiana, no private property in Indiana, no matter where it lies, is safe from condemnation and seizure at the hands of one of the state’s educational institutions.