Case Name: RONALD L. PERRY and LYNDA S. PERRY vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1980-02-14
Citations: 13 Ct. Cl. 138
Docket Number: CC-79-156
Parties: RONALD L. PERRY and LYNDA S. PERRY vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 13
Pages: 138–138

Head Matter:
Opinion issued February 14, 1980
RONALD L. PERRY and LYNDA S. PERRY vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(CC-79-156)
Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The claimants seek an award in the sum of $84.69 for damages and injuries sustained when their 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit struck a pothole in the eastbound lane of Big Tyler Road in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1979.
The State is neither an insurer nor a guarantor of the safety of persons travelling on its highways. Adkins v. Sims, 130 W.Va. 645 (1947). For the State to be found liable, it must first have had either actual or constructive notice of the defect in the roadway. Since there was no proof in this case that the State had notice of the defect, the claim must be denied.
Claim disallowed.