Legal Opinion

Knott v. Department of Highways

West Virginia Court of Claims

Decided December 3, 1987No. CC-85-351Published

1Opinion of the Court

GRACEY, JUDGE:

This claim was filed by Paul P. Knott as Executor of the Estate of his wife, Delores C. Knott, whose death occurred as the result of a single care accident at about 6:45 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 1984, in the vicinity of Ken's Grocery, about 2.7 miles West of Burlington on Route 50, in Mineral County. Mrs. Knott was driving the family car, a 1978 Buick, with new all reason radial tires, westerly on Route 50, on her way to work as an operating room nurse at Potomac Valley Hospital in Keyser. after rounding a gradual curve to her right, she apparently lost control of her car on…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Adkins v. SimsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Christo v. DotsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1967
  3. McDonald v. Department of HighwaysWest Virginia Court of Claims · 1979
  4. Woofter v. State Road CommissionWest Virginia Court of Claims · 1944

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