Riffle v. Department of Highways

GARDEN, JUDGE:

On May 4, 1972, at about 6:00 p.m. the claimant, Harold William Riffle, was operating his 1969 Ford automobile in a northerly direction on secondary Route 12, commonly referred to as the “new Jackson’s Mill Road” in Lewis County, West Virginia. He was apparently proceeding from his place of employment near Weston to his home in the Jane Lew area. It was still daylight but overcast, and the road was jry. Secondary Route 12 at and near the accident scene runs generally in a north-south direction. It is a two-lane asphalt road, one lane being reserved for northbound traffic and the…