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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Inter-Departmental Correspondence
Employee and Public Services Department

DATE:		June 3, 2002

BOARD MEETING DATE:		June 18, 2002

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:

Claim #

Claimant

Recommended Board
Action and Basis

Claims recommended for denial:

G01-100

Brown, Ervin

11/15/01

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges he was illegally and falsely arrested and imprisoned in the San Mateo County Jail for a probation violation that had previously expired.

G01-101

Coney, William

1/11/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges lost personal property while incarcerated at the San Mateo County Jail.

G01-109

Curd, Jeremy

4/8/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges the South San Francisco Police Department did not respond to his emergency situation.

M01-017

Duggan, Leigh

2/6/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges lost personal property while in the PES Ward at the San Mateo County Health Center.

G01-098

Gomes, Joe

4/22/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges the facility staff at the Maguire Jail fraudulently accessed his inmate account without his authorization and made an illegal payment deduction while he was indigent.

G01-106

Gomes, Joe

4/22/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges a month prior to his court date he requested a copy of his medical file and had to pay for a service he never received.

G01-097

Pieretti, Diane

5/10/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges that due to poor road conditions at Revere Way in Emerald Hills, her car dropped into a ditch while parking, scratching the front bumper.

G01-105

Ramirez, Dee Marie

5/8/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges she received a letter from the Human Services Agency and was told by a County employee that she would do nothing.

G01-104

Ramirez, Dee Marie

5/8/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges a County employee refused to give her last name, had not seen her two claims, and refused to understand what to do as an employee.

G01-103

Ramirez, Dee Marie

5/8/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges she was advised by a County employee to try in Small Claims Court or Superior Court and that settlement may be reached in the hallway on the court date.

G01-102

Ramirez, Dee Marie

5/8/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges a County employee verbalized that they have no expertise in food stamps.

G01-099

Sedillo, Andrew

2/14/02

Non-culpable

Claimant alleges lost personal property after his cell was searched.

Vision Alignment

This item keeps the commitment of responsive, effective and collaborative government through goal number 20: Government decisions are based on careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or immediate gain.


Claim #		Claimant	Recommended Board Action and Basis
	Claims recommended for denial:

G01-100		Brown, Ervin	11/15/01	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges he was illegally and falsely arrested and imprisoned in the San Mateo County Jail for a probation violation that had previously expired.

G01-101		Coney, William	1/11/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges lost personal property while incarcerated at the San Mateo County Jail.

G01-109		Curd, Jeremy	4/8/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges the South San Francisco Police Department did not respond to his emergency situation.

M01-017		Duggan, Leigh	2/6/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges lost personal property while in the PES Ward at the San Mateo County Health Center.

G01-098		Gomes, Joe	4/22/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges the facility staff at the Maguire Jail fraudulently accessed his inmate account without his authorization and made an illegal payment deduction while he was indigent.

G01-106		Gomes, Joe	4/22/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges a month prior to his court date he requested a copy of his medical file and had to pay for a service he never received.

G01-097		Pieretti, Diane	5/10/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges that due to poor road conditions at Revere Way in Emerald Hills, her car dropped into a ditch while parking, scratching the front bumper.

G01-105		Ramirez, Dee Marie	5/8/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges she received a letter from the Human Services Agency and was told by a County employee that she would do nothing.

G01-104		Ramirez, Dee Marie	5/8/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges a County employee refused to give her last name, had not seen her two claims, and refused to understand what to do as an employee.

G01-103		Ramirez, Dee Marie	5/8/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges she was advised by a County employee to try in Small Claims Court or Superior Court and that settlement may be reached in the hallway on the court date.

G01-102		Ramirez, Dee Marie	5/8/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges a County employee verbalized that they have no expertise in food stamps.

G01-099		Sedillo, Andrew	2/14/02	Non-culpable
		Claimant alleges lost personal property after his cell was searched.


Vision Alignment
This item keeps the commitment of responsive, effective and collaborative government through goal number 20: Government decisions are based on careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or immediate gain.

COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Employee and Public Services Department

Claim #

Claimant

Claims recommended for denial: