Boice v. Division of Highways

On December 13, 1991, the claimant’s son, Edward Boice, a resident of Mineral Wells in Wood County, was driving the claimant’s 1986 GMC half ton pick-up truck west along Butcher Bend Road when he entered a right-hand turn after a knoll in the road and collided with a fallen tree and a downed unidentified utility line. The claimant estimated his speed of travel to be about 25 miles per hour, at 5:25 a.m., when this accident occurred. He described the weather as raining and windy. The fallen tree was partially in his lane of travel according to the claimant and no other traffic was present on…