IN THE LEGISLATIVE CLAIMS COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

JEFF D. CARPENTER

v.

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,

DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS

(CC-19-0511)

Claimant appeared pro se.

Chad M. Cardinal, Attorney at Law, for the Respondent.

PER CURIAM:

This claim was submitted to the Legislative Claims Commission upon a Stipulation entered into by the Claimant and the Respondent wherein certain facts and circumstances of the claim were agreed to as follows:

  1. On March 21, 2019, the Claimant was driving his 2008 Toyota 4Runner at the intersection of White Oak Road and West Virginia 16 in Chloe, Calhoun County, when the Claimant’s vehicle struck the stub of a road signpost that was protruding from the ground at the edge of the roadway.
  2. The Respondent was responsible for the maintenance of the intersection of White Oak Road and West Virginia Route 16 in Chloe, Calhoun County, and failed to properly maintain the road on the date of this incident.
  3. As a result of the incident, the Claimant’s vehicle sustained damages in the amount of $209.14.
  4. The Claimant’s collision insurance required a deductible of $500.00.
  5. The amount of $209.14 is fair and reasonable.

The Legislative Claims Commission, having reviewed the facts of the claim, hereby finds that the Respondent was negligent in its maintenance of the intersection of White Oak Road and West Virginia Route 16 in Chloe, Calhoun County on the date of this incident, that the negligence of the Respondent was a proximate cause of the damages sustained by the Claimant, and that the amount of damages agreed to by the parties is fair and reasonable. The Claimant may make a recovery for the damages.

It is the opinion and recommendation of the Legislative Claims Commission that the Claimant should be awarded the sum of $209.14 in this claim.

Award of $209.14.

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