Case Name: STANLEY T. RUCKMAN vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1982-09-23
Citations: 14 Ct. Cl. 232
Docket Number: CC-81-166
Parties: STANLEY T. RUCKMAN vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 14
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
Opinion issued September 23, 1982
STANLEY T. RUCKMAN vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(CC-81-166)
No appearance by claimant.
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
In this claim, submitted for decision upon a written stipulation filed by the parties, claimant seeks payment of the sum of $78.75 for damages to his 1977 Chrysler Cordoba resulting when the vehicle passed through tar which had been applied to the highway by the respondent's employees. This occurred on Fish Creek Road in Marshall County, West Virginia, a highway owned and maintained by the respondent. At that time and place, no warning signs had been posted, and the respondent's negligence in failing to warn motorists of the substance on the highway was the proximate cause of the claimant's damages.
Accordingly, the Court makes an award to the claimant in the amount stipulated.
Award of $78.75.