White v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

Claimant, Lucy White, alleges that shortly after 11:00 p.m. on July 14,1973, she suffered injuries to her right foot and ankle when she stepped in a hole and fell on Commerce Street, also West Virginia Route 2 in Wellsburg, West Virginia, almost in front of the Glass residence where she was employed as a registered nurse from April 14, 1973 to the night of her fall. The hole was alleged to be approximately two feet from the curb on the west side of the street.

On the night of her fall, she was going off duty and was proceeding across the street to her parked automobile where she…