Case Name: LINDA LESTER and LEON LESTER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1978-02-10
Citations: 12 Ct. Cl. 102
Docket Number: No. CC-77-210
Parties: LINDA LESTER and LEON LESTER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 12
Pages: 102–102

Head Matter:
Opinion issued February 10, 1978
LINDA LESTER and LEON LESTER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(No. CC-77-210)
Linda Lester and Leon Lester, the claimants.
Richard Carlton, Attorney at Law, for the respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Claimants seek recovery of property damage in the sum of $199.63 sustained by their 1975 model Ford automobile on June 5, 1977, when a loose plank in a wooden bridge runner in the Mohawk Bridge on West Virginia Route 1/2, in McDowell County struck the underside of the automobile. The claim was submitted upon a stipulation which revealed that the respondent had constructive knowledge, viz., that it should have known of the need for repairs to the bridge before the accident happened. It also was stipulated that the claimants had exercised reasonable care for their own safety. It thus appears that the respondent was guilty of negligence which caused the accident and resulting damage, and that the claimants themselves were not guilty of contributory negligence. Accordingly, an award is hereby made in the sum of $187.63 (the stipulated amount of damage).
Award of $187.63.