
    
      Opinion issued September 29, 1981
    
    CHARLES R. SHAFFER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
    (CC-81-202)
    No appearance by claimant.
    
      Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

Upon written stipulation to the effect that damage to the rear bumper of claimant’s automobile in the amount of $255.33 was caused when said vehicle struck an improperly secured metal sheet covering a road repair hole on Route 20 in Upshur County, West Virginia, a highway owned and maintained by the respondent; that this occurred because of the negligence of the respondent in failing to properly install the metal sheet, which negligence was the proximate cause of the damage sustained, the Court finds the respondent liable, and makes an award to the claimant in the amount stipulated.

Award of $255.33.  