Porterfield v. Department of Highways

GARDEN, JUDGE:

Around noon on November 8, 1979, the claimant, Donna F. Porterfield, was operating a 1974 Fiat automobile in a northerly direction on 1-79 in Monongalia County. The automobile was titled in her name and in the name of her husband, the claimant, Roy Porterfield. The weather was clear, the roads were dry, and she was travelling at a speed of about 25 to 30 miles per hour in a posted 55 mile per hour area.

Mrs. Porterfield was returning from Morgantown to her home in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. She had apparently driven to Morgantown earlier that morning for she testified that on the…