Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. State

This claim arises out of an accident that occurred on September 16,1980.

At about 2:00 a.m. on September 16, 1980, Jerry Kirby was driving Claimant’s 1973 Peterbilt truck along Route 71 in a northbound direction. Two hours later, about 4:00 a.m., Mr. Kirby was traveling south on that same highway when he came upon a hole 2M or 3 feet square on a bridge. The hole was completely through the bridge. Because Mr. Kirby had Claimant’s truck in the northbound lane while going over the bridge he was unable to avoid the hole, and sustained damages to Claimant’s truck in the amount of three thousand…