Spradling v. Department of Highways

RULEY, JUDGE:

This claim against the respondent, in the amount of $117.62, was filed by the claimant for damage sustained by an automobile he was driving.

On January 22, 1978, at approximately 11:45 a.m., the claimant, driving a 1973 Vega automobile belonging to one Betty Slater, entered 1-64 and 1-77 at the Washington Street ramp in Charleston, West Virginia. It was cold and the road was clear. There was an automobile beside him, but no one was directly in front as he approached the highway at 30-35 miles per hour. The front end of the automobile went into a hole. The claimant testified that…