
    
      Opinion issued December 8, 1977
    
    DARRELL E. BUCKNER & BETTY S. BUCKNER vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
    (No. CC-77-129)
    Claimants appeared in person.
    
      Richard Carlton, Attorney at Law, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

The parties in this claim filed a written stipulation which revealed that, on March 24, 1977, the claimant, Betty S. Buckner, was driving their vehicle on Secondary Route 60/12 in the vicinity of Belle in Kanawha County; that respondent had negligently allowed a hole to remain in the road which was covered with water on the date of the accident; and that claimant, Betty S. Buckner, without fault on her part, struck the hole and damaged their vehicle in the amount of $63.46, which sum is a fair and equitable estimate of the damage sustained. Based on the foregoing, an award in the above amount is hereby made to the claimants.

Award of $63.46.  