Reidy v. State

Claimant in this action seeks damages for personal injuries he sustained when he drove his car into an accumulation of water on a State highway, lost control of his vehicle, and struck another automobile coming from the opposite direction.

Claimant contends that his accident was caused by negligence of the Respondent in failing to prevent the accumulation of water at the site of the accident by providing adequate drainage, in failing to provide adequate warning of this dangerous condition of the highway by posting signs or barricades, and in failing to detect the existing hazzard by adequately…