Anderson v. Department of Highways

On August 18, 1980, the basement wall of the claimant’s home, which is located on State Route 14 at Butcher Hill, Wood County, West Virginia, collapsed. Claimant alleges that the damage was caused by land slippage from State property. The wall was repaired at a cost of $1,132.95.

The claimant’s son, Harry Anderson, testified that his father’s house sits below the road on the north side of Route 14 and that there is a hill on the south side. The house was built in 1938, but there had been no damage to it until 1980. Since 1938, there has been “natural movement of the hillside” and respondent…