Moore v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

This claim in the amount of $50,000.00 was filed by the claimant against the respondent for damages resulting from a fall on West Virginia Route 2. By agreement of the parties, this claim was submitted to the Court for decision on the pleadings, stipulation of damages, and the deposition of the claimant.

On June 12, 1978, the claimant had been driving southerly on Warwood Avenue in Wheeling, West Virginia. Warwood Avenue is also West Virginia Route 2 maintained by the respondent. She parked her automobile beside the west curb in order to go across the street to Beckett’s Flower…