Hall v. Department of Highways

On September 10, 1981, Patricia Ann Hall was driving her 1975 Mercury Bobcat automobile on W.Va. Route 49 between Matewan and Delorme, West Virginia. The claimant was proceeding toward Matewan at approximately 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. It was a clear day and the road surface was dry. As the claimant'"topped a small knoll, she came upon a rock fall in the road which covered the entire lane of claimant’s lane of travel and some of the opposite lane. The claimant was then forced to “cut over to miss it and almost went over the guardrail on the other side. . . .” The claimant’s vehicle sustained damages…