Burger v. Department of Highways

GRACEY, JUDGE:

Claimants seek an award of $80,000.00 for the near total destruction of their dwelling house and real estate located at Ruth Avenue in Mozart, Marshall.County, West Virginia. Claimants allege that respondent's failure to properly design and maintain the drainage system in the area caused a landslide, which rendered the claimants' property nearly valueless. Respondent contends that the property damage resulted from a torrential rainstorm on August 17, 1980, from a separation and a break in a water line owned by the City of Wheeling, which occurred after the storm, and from the…