
    Opinion issued September 20, 1979
    
    A.O. SECRET vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
    (CC-79-66)
    
      Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

Upon written stipulation to the effect that damages to claimant’s vehicle in the amount of $96.76 were caused when said vehicle struck a steel rod protruding from the Route 50 bridge of Interstate 79 at Bridgeport, West Virginia, which bridge is owned and maintained by the respondent; and to the effect that said damages were proximately caused by the negligence of an employee of the respondent, who used a grader to pull out an expansion joint on said bridge and exposed a steel rod, the Court finds the respondent liable, and hereby makes an award to the claimant in the amount of $96.76.

Award of $96.76.  