Case Name: MERWIN B. WINGO vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1980-06-04
Citations: 13 Ct. Cl. 225
Docket Number: CC-79-537
Parties: MERWIN B. WINGO vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 13
Pages: 225–225

Head Matter:
Opinion issued June 4, 1980
MERWIN B. WINGO vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(CC-79-537)
Herbert H. Henderson, Attorney at Law, for claimant.
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This claim was submitted upon a duly executed written stipulation which revealed the following: Claimant is the owner of a residence located on James River Road in Wayne County, West Virginia, between the cities of Huntington and Ceredo. In the vicinity of claimant's residence, the Department of Highways installed a 24-inch drain to carry surface water from nearby Interstate 64 to a point approximately fifty feet above claimant's residence. The Department of Highways negligently failed to maintain this ditch, thereby allowing water to drain directly onto claimant's property, causing damage to claimant's residence and the destruction of several articles of personal property. The parties agree that the sum of $1,000.00 is a fair and equitable estimate of the damages sustained by the claimant.
As the negligent maintenance of the ditch in question was the proximate cause of claimant's damages, the Court hereby finds the respondent liable and makes an award to the claimant in the amount stipulated.
Award of $1,000.00.