Edwards v. Department of Highways

This claim was originally filed in the name of Jerry M. Edwards, but when the testimony disclosed that the damaged vehicle, a 1982 98 Oldsmobile, was titled in the joint names of the claimant and her husband, Edgar E. Ewards, the Court on its own motion joined Edgar E. Edwards as an additional claimant.

On May 28, 1982, at 2:30 p.m., Mrs. Edwards struck a pothole near milepost 48 in the westbound lane of 1-64 near Cross Lanes, West Virginia. Mrs. Edwards testified that she was aware of holes in the road because she travels that route twice a day. She added that she could avoid the holes by…