Farley v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

On April 11,1978, claimant, Daniel C. Farley, Jr., was driving his 1976 Buick Electra automobile north on West Virginia Route 10 over Herndon Mountain, proceeding to Mullens, Wyoming County, West Virginia. The road over the mountain was a crooked, mountainous road, full of sharp turns and hairpin curves. It was a wet, misty day. As the claimant was proceeding around a sharp curve on the mountain at approximately 25 mph, he came upon a slide extending onto the right-hand side of the highway. In order to negotiate the curve, he crossed the center line of the road, the left front…