Case Name: MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, SUBROGEE OF MICHAEL E. HEITZ vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1975-09-09
Citations: 11 Ct. Cl. 14
Docket Number: No. D-932
Parties: MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, SUBROGEE OF MICHAEL E. HEITZ vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 11
Pages: 14–14

Head Matter:
Opinion issued September 9, 1975
MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, SUBROGEE OF MICHAEL E. HEITZ vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(No. D-932)
Emerson Salisbury, Attorney at Law, for the respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Maryland Casualty Company, as subrogee of Michael E. Heitz of Parkersburg, West Virginia, alleges that said Heitz, on December 31, 1974, was traveling in a westerly direction on State Route 50 near the town of Gormania, West Virginia, when the automobile he was driving struck some steel tie rods protruding from the road surface of a bridge near the intersection of Routes 50 and 560. The tie rod extended a foot above the road surface and caught the underside of the automobile causing damage in the amount of $234.88.
As the verity of the allegations'and the reasonableness of the amount of damages are stipulated by the parties, and the negligence so proven, we hereby award the claimant the sum of $134.88 which it paid, and $100.00 to Michael E. Heitz which was not paid by the claimant because the latter amount was deductible under the provisions of the insurance policy.
Award of $134.88 to Maryland Casualty Company.
Award of $100.00 to Michael E. Heitz.