COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Employee and Public Services Department

 

DATE:

December 2, 2002

BOARD MEETING DATE:

December 17, 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 basis for excuse
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:

 

G01-161

Christman, William Michael

6/5/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property when released from the San Mateo County Jail.

 

G01-165

Coneff, Helen

6/5/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges she was injured by a train at the San Carlos Cal Train station resulting in both legs having been traumatically amputated.

 

G01-162

Dianati, Elmira

5/14/02-6/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges her son was harassed mentally and emotionally abused and discriminated against by his teacher at La Entrada Middle School in Menlo Park for the entire school year based on his ethnicity.

 

G02-052

Lucchese, Dorothy

9/14/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges she was injured when she fell in front of her home in La Honda into a hole created by a landslide that had been left exposed, without barricades, and in dangerous condition.

 

G01-166

Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

5/31/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege their insured Darleen Nordson, an employee of San Mateo-Foster City School District sustained injuries when she tripped and fell on an uneven portion of the sidewalk at or near the intersection of 9th Avenue and Railroad Avenue in San Mateo.

 

G02-051

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

8/1/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege that San Mateo County employees were digging for a storm drain in the area of 820 Revere Way in Redwood City striking and causing damages to their gas facility.

 

M02-014

Wilson, Lyn

10/25/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property after being discharged from the San Mateo County Health Center.

 

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.