| Volume Number: 30
Category(s): STIPULATED CLAIMS |
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| Opinion Issued February 5, 2014 | |
| KATE NICOLE DOBSON-FORMAN | |
| VS. | |
| DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS | |
| (12-0016) | |
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Claimant appeared pro se. C. Brian Matko, Attorney at Law, for Respondent. |
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| PER CURIAM:
This claim was submitted to the Court for decision upon a Stipulation entered into by Claimant and Respondent wherein certain facts and circumstances of the claim were agreed to as follows: 1. On December 30, 2011, the Claimant, Kate Nicole Dobson-Forman, was traveling westbound along I-64 near Dunbar, Kanawha County, when her 2006 Audi TT was struck by a construction cone in the travel portion of the road. 2. Respondent was responsible for the maintenance of I-64, which it failed to maintain properly on the date of this incident. 3. As a result of this incident, Claimant’s vehicle sustained damage in the amount of $1,237.55. The Claimant carried a $1,000.00 collision insurance deductible amount on the date of the incident; therefore Claimant is limited to an award in that amount. 4. The Court finds that the amount of $1,000.00 is fair and reasonable. The Court has reviewed the facts of the claim and finds that Respondent was negligent in its maintenance of I-64 on the date of this incident; that the negligence of Respondent was the proximate cause of the damages sustained to Claimant’s vehicle; and that the amount of damages agreed to by the parties is fair and reasonable. Thus, Claimant may make a recovery for the damage. It is the opinion of the Court of Claims that the Claimant should be awarded the sum of $1,000.00 in this claim. Award of $1,000.00. |
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