COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Employee and Public Services Department

 

DATE:

September 5, 2001

BOARD MEETING DATE:

September 11, 2001

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Mary Welch, Director of Employee and Public Services

Priscilla H. Morse, Risk Manager

SUBJECT:

Disposition of Claims Filed Against County

 

Recommendation
Deny the claims listed below.

 

Background
Under authority of Resolution No. 35006 and Ordinance No. 2321, the Board directed the

Director to process claims filed against the County. Further investigation may indicate

justification for payment by the County. If so, payment will be made under the authority of the Risk Manager or will be brought back to the Board.

 

Discussion
The Risk Management Division has reviewed these claims and recommends that you take the following action:

following action:

Claim #

Claimant

Recommended Board
Action and Basis

 

Claims recommended for denial:

     

G 01 003

Castro, Rosario

8/12/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property while incarcerated at the jail facility.

   

G 00 144

Frazier, Carol

3/6/01 - 4/3/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property while incarcerated in the San Mateo County jail.

 
 
 
 
 

G 00 142

Marjorie and Mitchell Haake and T&B's Restaurant

3/1/01,5/29/01,7/2/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege the false and defamatory statements made against their restaurant by Environmental Health has caused substantial damage to their business reputation in the community and loss of income.

 

G 00 126

McKnight, Timmithy

2/7/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges he was unlawfully and illegally housed in jail and should've been housed as a mentally ill or disordered person within the Mental Health facilities or in a secure private facility.

 

A 00 079

State Farm Insurance Co. and Samuel Nemirow

6/29/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege the County is responsible for damages sustained to their vehicle.

 

M 00 023

Swinney, Florence M.

5/18/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges she stepped back and fell on her back cutting her head while in the waiting room at Psychiatric Emergency Services in the hospital.

 

A 00 060

Travelers Indemnity Co. and West Bay Concrete Const.

4/20/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege the County is legally responsible for the damages sustained to their vehicle.

 

G 00 141

Wampole, Christine

3/24/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges her injuries were due to slipping and falling on algae that formed on the sidewalk in front of her residence at 1417 Enchanted Way in San Mateo.

 

M 00 027

Williams, Maritza

1/01 - 3/01 Non-culpable

 

Claimant, a former employee, alleges sexual harassment, retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment, defamation, infliction of emotional distress and constructive termination.

 

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO PRESENT A LATE CLAIM

 

G 00 143

Enterprise Rent A Car and Kristen Maguire

10/12/00 No statutory basis for excuse

 

Claimants request leave to present a late claim wherein they allege a SamTrans bus is responsible for the damages to their vehicle.