Huffman v. Department of Highways

GARDEN, JUDGE:

Around 5:00 A.M. on May 17,1974, the claimant was operating his 1974 Plymouth Satellite automobile in a westerly direction on U.S. Route 60 about one mile west of Cedar Grove. Route 60 at this point is a two-lane road. It is level and comparatively straight. Except for a slight haze, the weather conditions were excellent. The terrain to *10the right of a motorist proceeding in a westerly direction is mountainous, and the claimant who was very familiar with this particular area testified that rock slides frequently occurred near this section of the road, and that the road had been…