By Phil Kabler Used to be, the state Court of Claims paid out an average of 700 to 800 claims a year for vehicles damaged because of poor road conditions, Clerk of the Court Cheryle Hall said Thursday. Last year, those claims jumped to 1,018, and this year, hit 1,250 claims, Hall said. She said the spike in claims is directly attributable to deteriorating road conditions statewide. "I would say the bulk of these claims are for holes in the road," she told the Senate Finance Committee. Once the Court of Claims bill (SB 515) passes the Legislature, the state will pay $983,000 to those 1,250 claimants, an amount Hall said is kept down because the court generally awards payment only for the claimant's auto insurance deductible. "That's why there's a lot of $250, $1,000 claims," she said. However, Sen.
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Phil Kabler, The Charleston Gazette
Thu, 02/11/2016 - 3:40pm
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