IN THE LEGISLATIVE CLAIMS COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

JAMES MURRAY

v.

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,

DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS

(CC-19-1566)

Claimant appeared pro se.

Keith A. Cox, 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 October 29, 2019, the Claimant was driving his 2013 Jaguar XF on County Route 25/6, Duck Creek Road, in Lost Creek, Harrison County, when the Claimant’s vehicle struck a patch of crumbled and collapsed pavement in the traveling portion of the roadway.
2. The Respondent was responsible for the maintenance of County Route 25/6, Duck Creek Road, in Lost Creek, Harrison 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 $306.68.
4. The Claimant’s collision insurance required a deductible of $500.00.
5. The amount of $306.68 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 County Route 25/6, Duck Creek Road, in Lost Creek, Harrison 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 $306.68 in this claim.

Award of $306.68.