Case Name: PEGGY KEYSER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1978-10-23
Citations: 12 Ct. Cl. 199
Docket Number: No. CC-78-38
Parties: PEGGY KEYSER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 12
Pages: 199–200

Head Matter:
Opinion issued October 23, 1978
PEGGY KEYSER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(No. CC-78-38)
Peggy Keyser, the claimant, in person.
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for the respondent.

Opinion:
RULEY, JUDGE:
On October 27, 1977, the claimant was lawfully driving east on 1-64 towards Huntington when her car ran over a sign lying flat on the roadway, which sign flipped up and damaged her automobile's exhaust system in the sum of $113.56.
The Court finds that the sign (a long, narrow sign with yellow and black diagonal stripes, like those used by respondent) was respondent's property; that leaving it upon the travelled portion of the highway constituted negligence on respondent's part; and that an award therefore should be made to the claimant in the amount of $113.56.
Award of $113.56.