Catlett v. Department of Public Institutions

JONES, JUDGE:

The claimant, Dorotha Jean Catlett, seeks to recover damages to her 1970 American Motors Hornet automobile in the amount of $1,500.00, which she alleges were the result of negligent conduct of the respondent, Department of Public Institutions. The claimant’s husband, Ronald E. Catlett, is now and was at the time this claim arose, a State trooper employed by the Department of Public Safety and stationed at Welch, West Virginia. Prior to October 14, 1974, Trooper Catlétt had been at the Welch barracks for more than a year; and Daniel Duskey, a convict transferred from the…