
    
      Opinion issued September 20, 1979
    
    DEBRA A. VINSON vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
    (CC-78-229)
    
      Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

Upon written stipulation to the effect that damages to claimant’s automobile in the amount of $44.29 were caused when said vehicle struck a piece of metal protruding from a bridge owned and maintained by respondent, which bridge is a part of Route 16 between Ellenboro, West Virginia, and Harrisville, West Virginia; and to the effect that negligence on the part of the respondent was the proximate cause of said damage, the Court finds the respondent liable, and hereby makes an award to the claimant in the above-stated amount.

Award of $44.29.  