C & P Telephone Co. v. Department of Natural Resources

West Virginia Court of Claims

C & P Telephone Co. v. Department of Natural Resources

12 Ct. Cl. 164

CourtWest Virginia Court of Claims

DecidedAugust 10, 1978

DocketNo. CC-78-105

StatusPublished

This text of 12 Ct. Cl. 164 (C & P Telephone Co. v. Department of Natural Resources) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering West Virginia Court of Claims primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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C & P Telephone Co. v. Department of Natural Resources, 12 Ct. Cl. 164 (W. Va. Super. Ct. 1978).

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PER CURIAM:

On or about April 29, 1976, employees of respondent, acting within the scope of their employment, were training students from Sherman High School in Seth, West Virginia, to shoot firearms. The employees had negligently selected the site for such activities and negligently supervised the students. As a result, bullets from the firearms struck claimant’s telephone cables, causing damage in the amount of $884.71. Claimant has received the sum of $442.35 from the Boone County Board of Education in partial payment of the damages, and now claimant seeks the sum of $442.36 from respondent. Believing that liability exists on the part of the respondent and that the damages are reasonable, the Court makes an award to the claimant in the amount of $442.36.

Award of $442.36.

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PER CURIAM:

On or about April 29, 1976, employees of respondent, acting within the scope of their employment, were training students from Sherman High School in Seth, West Virginia, to shoot firearms. The employees had negligently selected the site for such activities and negligently supervised the students. As a result, bullets from the firearms struck claimant’s telephone cables, causing damage in the amount of $884.71. Claimant has received the sum of $442.35 from the Boone County Board of Education in partial payment of the damages, and now claimant seeks the sum of $442.36 from respondent. Believing that liability exists on the part of the respondent and that the damages are reasonable, the Court makes an award to the claimant in the amount of $442.36.

Award of $442.36.

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12 Ct. Cl. 164, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/c-p-telephone-co-v-department-of-natural-resources-wvctcl-1978.