Lewis v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

Claimant seeks payment of the sum of $176.90 for damages sustained by her automobile as the result of striking a pothole.

The claimant, a resident of South Charleston, West Virginia, is the owner of a 1976 Chevrolet Nova. On the morning of December 20, 1980, she was traveling on Campbell’s Creek Road, a two-lane, State-maintained highway, when she struck a hole in her lane of traffic approximately six inches from the berm. Two tires were damaged. The claimant testified that she had traveled the road two weeks before the accident, and knew that there were several holes in the…