Perry v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

The claimant filed this claim against the respondent for damages to her automobile and physical injuries received by her in an accident which occurred on October 6, 1977, at approximately 2:30 p.m. The claimant was driving to work in her 1977 Chevrolet automobile at approximately 25 miles per hour, proceeding from Beckley, West Virginia, to the Rawlings mine at Clear Creek on W. Va. Route 1, also known as Spruce Mountain Road. The road surface was dry and the weather was clear. The road at the point of the accident was 16 to 18 feet wide. Two vehicles could pass if neither…