Cash v. Department of Highways

RULEY, JUDGE:

On January 4, 1980, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the claimant’s son was driving the claimant’s 1979 Chevrolet automobile west on the W.Va. Route 119 bypass through West Madison, Boone County, when he hit a hole at the edge of the pavement, damaging the two right tires of the car. The hole extended approximately six inches into the pavement, was approximately one car length long and eight inches deep, and was filled with water. The amount of damage was $108.94.

The State neither insures nor guarantees the safety of motorists on its highways. Adkins v. Sims, 130 W.Va. 645, 46 S.E.2d…