Case Name: RICHARD A. WILSON vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1985-03-18
Citations: 15 Ct. Cl. 290
Docket Number: CC-84-262
Parties: RICHARD A. WILSON vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 15
Pages: 290–291

Head Matter:
Opinion issued March 18, 1985
RICHARD A. WILSON vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(CC-84-262)
Claimant appeared in person.
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
On September 21, 1984, claimant was driving his 1980 Ford Fair-mont station wagon from Oakridge Drive onto Greenbrier Drive in Kanawha County, West Virginia. As claimant turned on Greenbrier Drive, he struck the last in a line of recently installed lane dividers. These dividers are approximately six inches around and three and one half to four inches tall, and are used to divide the lanes on Greenbrier Drive by allowing the outside lane to continue while traffic turns into the left lane from Oakridge Drive. Claimant's right front tire and rim were damaged. Claimant testified that he was aware the markers had been installed, but added that they "squeezed you" into the left lane. Claude Blake, a claims investigator employed by respondent, took photographs of the accident site. The photographs indicate that the dividers are placed just to the inside of the divider lines on the right-hand side of Greenbrier Drive. There was no evidence presented to indicate that the dividers were improperly placed, or that the divider which claimant struck was defective. As there was no evidence that respondent was negligent, the claim must be denied.
Claim disallowed.