Jones v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

Claimants seek $18,800.00 for damage to an automobile and also personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on December 10, 1986. Claimant, Jennifer Williams, was a passenger in the 1983 Chevrolet Cavalier titled in claimant Arliss Jones' name. At the time of the incident, the Cavalier was driven by Jeffrey Todd Williams, present husband of claimant Williams.

Jeffrey Todd Williams was operating the automobile in a southerly direction toward Alderson on West Virginia Route 12. The highways is a two-lane road, and its surface was dry at approximately…