Drain v. Division of Highways

The claimant, Steven B. Drain, seeks an award of $130.00 from the respondent, Division of Highways, for damage to a-tire. The damage ocourred on July 8, 1996, at 2:30 p.m., while the claimant was driving on Route 36, also known as the Opekiska Road, in Mdnongalia County.' At this time, the claimant was following approximately 100 feet behind a tar and chip machine when a tire on his vehicle began losing air and immediately went flat.1 The claimant stopped his vehicle and discovered a piece of glass had cut one of his tires-. The claimant’s testimony- indicated that the tar and-chip…