
    
      Opinion issued June 3, 1981
    
    UNITED STATES POST OFFICE vs. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
    (CC-81-78)
    
      Nancy J. Aliff, Attorney at Law, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM:

Upon written stipulation to the effect that, some time prior to August, 1980, an employee of the claimant was operating a lawn mower which struck a portion of a stop sign post in the vicinity of Route 9 in Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia; that this occurred because of the respondent’s negligence in leaving the post so exposed; and that claimant’s lawn mower was damaged in the amount of $61.30 as a direct result thereof, the Court finds the respondent liable, and makes an award to the claimant in the amount stipulated.

Award of $61.30.  