Smith v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

On August 30, 1974 at approximately 6:12 a.m., the claimant, William Joseph Smith, was driving a 1969 Chevrolet van in a southerly direction along West Virginia Route 20 in Summers County, West Virginia between the Bluestone Dam and the Bluestone Bridge. He was accompanied by the claimant, Christine Ambrosone, now his wife, Christine Ambrosone Smith, who was asleep at the time of the accident. The van was registered in the name of Christine Ambrosone.

Both of the claimants were employed at Pipestem State Park. On the day of the accident they had left Nimitz, West Virginia at…