Angel v. Department of Highways

On April 5, 1984, claimant was driving his 1980 Thunderbird westerly on Route 60 near the Montgomery Bridge, when the vehicle struck a pothole and was damaged. Claimant estimated the pothole to be six and one half to seven feet long, three and one half feet wide, and five and one half to six inches deep. Claimant purchased two new tires and had the front end aligned at a cost of $224.93. The rims were also bent, but claimant had only verbal estimates of their replacement cost of $225.00 each.

While the respondent is not an insurer of the safety of motorists on its highways, it does owe a duty…