Court Opinion

ID: 8583333
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-23 15:25:03.86314+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:54:11.135536
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM:
This claim was submitted to the Court for decision upon a Stipulation entered into by claimants and respondent wherein certain facts and circumstances of the claim were agreed to as follows:
1. On February 23, 2007, claimant Esther Gibbs was traveling on Washington Street West in Charleston, Kanawha County, when the vehicle struck a hole in the road, damaging a tire and rim.
2. Respondent was responsible for the maintenance of Washington Street West which it failed to maintain properly on the date of this incident.
3. As a result of this incident, claimants’ vehicle sustained damage in the amount of $252.32.
4. Respondent agrees that the amount of $252.32 for the damages put forth by the claimants is fair and reasonable.
The Court has reviewed the facts of the claim and finds that respondent was negligent in its maintenance of Washington Street West on the date of this incident; that the negligence of respondent was the proximate cause of the damages sustained to claimants ’ vehicle; and that the amount of the damages agreed to by the parties is fair and reasonable. Thus, claimants may make a recovery for their loss.
Accordingly, the Court is of the opinion to and does make an award in the amount of $252.32.
Award of $252.32.