Case Name: DARRELL E. BUCKNER & BETTY S. BUCKNER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1977-12-08
Citations: 12 Ct. Cl. 41
Docket Number: No. CC-77-129
Parties: DARRELL E. BUCKNER & BETTY S. BUCKNER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 12
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
Opinion issued December 8, 1977
DARRELL E. BUCKNER & BETTY S. BUCKNER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(No. CC-77-129)
Claimants appeared in person.
Richard Carlton, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The parties in this claim filed a written stipulation which revealed that, on March 24, 1977, the claimant, Betty S. Buckner, was driving their vehicle on Secondary Route 60/12 in the vicinity of Belle in Kanawha County; that respondent had negligently allowed a hole to remain in the road which was covered with water on the date of the accident; and that claimant, Betty S. Buckner, without fault on her part, struck the hole and damaged their vehicle in the amount of $63.46, which sum is a fair and equitable estimate of the damage sustained. Based on the foregoing, an award in the above amount is hereby made to the claimants.
Award of $63.46.