WILLIAMSON — A Williamson woman is suing the West Virginia Department of Transportation-Division of Highways alleging she was injured in a car accident.
Rebecca Obrien filed the lawsuit against DOH and James Obrien after she was injured in the car accident on Aug. 21, according to a complaint filed in Mingo Circuit Court.
Rebecca Obrien was a passenger in a vehicle being operated by James Obrien and traveling on W.Va. 49 when the vehicle hit a drain cutout in the roadway that DOH had negligently placed in the road without the required road signs, according to the suit.
DOH had a duty to exercise due care and reasonable precaution regarding the implementation, management and enforcement of a temporary traffic control plan in the construction zone and failed to do so, according to the suit.
Rebecca Obrien is seeking compensatory damages with pre- and post-judgment interest. She is represented by Greg K. Smith and Barry C. Marcum of the Law Office of Greg K. Smith in Williamson.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Miki Thompson.
Mingo Circuit Court case number: 21-C-34
