Atkins v. Division of Highways

PERCURIAM:

the claimants brought these consolidated claims for damage to their vehicles which occurred as a result of falling rocks on a road maintained by the respondent in Morgantown, Monongalia County. The Court is of the opinion to deny these claims for the reasons stated more fully below.

The chain of events giving rise to these claims occurred on January 28, 1998, beginning at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Monongahela Boulevard (Route 19) in the northwest-bound lanes, just below the Engineering Building on the campus of West Virginia University. Route 19 northwest-bound has two lanes. There…