
    
      OPINION ISSUED APRIL 1, 1996
    
    ANTHONY CATANIA JR., D.P.M. VS. DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS
    (CC-96-46)
    
      No appearance by claimant.
    Jeffrey G. Blaydes, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

This claim was submitted for a decision based upon the allegations in the Notice of Claim and the respondent’s Answer.

The claimant seeks payment of $70.00 for medical services rendered to an inmate in the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth, a facility of the respondent. The invoices for the services was not processed for payment in the proper fiscal year; therefore, the claimant has not been paid. In its Answer, the respondent admits the validity and amount of the claim, and states that there were sufficient funds expired in the appropriate fiscal year with which the invoice could have been paid.

In view of the foregoing, the Court makes an award in the amount of $70.00.

Award of $70.00.  