CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways is suing Advanced Building Services for damages from a one-vehicle accident that damaged a bridge.
Gage Michael Borosh was also named as a defendant in the suit.
Borosh, who was employed by ABS, was operating a 2013 Peterbilt semi-truck owned by ABS in Wetzel County on Jan. 12, 2021, and negligently rounded a curve, causing him to connect with a concrete bridge structure and damaging a concrete pillar and lighting unit on the bridge, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
DOH claims Borosh then continued to drive the semi-truck before being stopped by an off-duty police officer, Joshua C. Cecil.
The incident occurred on U.S. 69 in Wetzel County, according to the suit.
The defendants are indebted to the DOH in the amount of $14,083.74 for damages incurred during the incident, according to the suit.
DOH claims Borosh operated the vehicle in a negligent manner to cause the accident and damages and ABS is responsible as the owner of the vehicle.
"As a direct and proximate cause of the negligence of the Defendants...the Plaintiff has incurred costs and damages in the amount of ... ($14,083.74)," the complaint states.
DOH is seeking compensatory damages in the amount of $14,083.74 with interest and attorney fees. It is represented by Stacy A. Jacques of the DOH's Legal Division in Charleston.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge Tera Salango.
Kanawha Circuit Court case number: 23-C-14
