Hull v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

Claimant seeks compensation from the respondent for damages sustained to his boat trailer after striking a pothole.

The claimant lives south of Chelyan, West Virginia, on W.Va. Route 61/3. At approximately 2:30 p.m. on April 6, 1980, he drove out of his driveway and proceeded southerly on Route 61/3, pulling his boat on a trailer. There was a pothole extending from the berm into the highway approximately 12 inches and located 126 feet south of his driveway. The claimant testified that he drove into the hole at two miles per hour and that the trailer sustained damages in the…