Wallen v. Department of Highways

This claim was originally filed in the names of Larry J. Wallen and Iva J. Wallen, his wife. At the hearing, the Court amended the style of the claim to reflect the sole owner of the vehicle., Larry J. Wallen, as claimant.

The claimant, on January 22, 1986, was operating his vehicle, a 1976 Mercury Cougar, in a southerly direction on U.S. Route 119, also known as Logan Boulevard, at or near an intersection of State Route 10 when rocks fell from a cliff. One of these rocks struck the claimant's vehicle as it passed. The damage totalled $522.80, of which the claimant's insurance paid $138.00.…