Case Name: UNITED STATES POST OFFICE vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1981-06-03
Citations: 13 Ct. Cl. 438
Docket Number: CC-81-78
Parties: UNITED STATES POST OFFICE vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 13
Pages: 438–439

Head Matter:
Opinion issued June 3, 1981
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(CC-81-78)
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Upon written stipulation to the effect that, some time prior to August, 1980, an employee of the claimant was operating a lawn mower which struck a portion of a stop sign post in the vicinity of Route 9 in Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia; that this occurred because of the respondent's negligence in leaving the post so exposed; and that claimant's lawn mower was damaged in the amount of $61.30 as a direct result thereof, the Court finds the respondent liable, and makes an award to the claimant in the amount stipulated.
Award of $61.30.