Gibson v. Division of Highways

BAKER, JUDGE:

Claimants, Janet L. Gibson Schafstall and Carol L. Holcomb, seek awards from the Division of Highways for personal injuries which they sustained in an accident which took place on December 8, 1987, on U.S. Route 19 at the intersection of West Virginia secondary 41/1 in Summersville, West Virginia. This particular intersection is commonly referred to as the “Irish Corner. ” These claims ere heard by the Court on the issue of liability only.

From the evidence adduced at the hearings on September 21 and 23, 1992, it appears that the claimants were guests in a vehicle, a 1980 Datsun,…