COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Employee and Public Services Department

 

DATE:

May 1, 2003

BOARD MEETING DATE:

May 6, 2003

 

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:

 

G02-098

Blair, Jennifer

3/16/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges the San Mateo County Animal Control Office violated her fourteenth amendment right and denied a post seizure hearing regarding her property.

 

G02-102

CSAA/ Steven and

Mary Thornton

12/14/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege a County tree which was located in the vicinity of Mr. and Mrs. Thornton's property at 263 Yale Street in El Granada toppled over and landed on their insured's house and caused damage.

 
 

G02-109

Digiovanni, Lisa

10/5/02, 11/8/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges police harassment, loss of property, loss of residency, and criminal and civil charges at her home address in Daly City.

 

G02-100

Farhadi, Kaizad G.

10/6/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges injuries he sustained due to a traffic collision on State Route 35 were proximately caused by the dangerous condition, which was negligently owned, designed, installed, maintained, and constructed by the County of San Mateo.

 

M02-022

Harris, James

3/18/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property while at the San Mateo County Medical Center.

 

G02-105

Kotobuki Trading Company/

Aki Kagami

11/8/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege that flooding at 320 and 334 Victory Avenue in South San Francisco was due in whole or part by the actions or omissions of the County Flood Control District.

 

M02-024

Milligan, Andrew

3/14/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges missing medications while a patient at the San Mateo County Medical Center.

 

G02-106

Nordgren, Larry

12/17/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges mental and physical pain due to his vehicle being struck from behind by a San Mateo County Transit District bus.

 

G02-103

O'Dowd, Sean Kevin

2/2/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property upon his release from jail.

 

G02-099

Oliver-Wilson, Deborah

9/25/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges a Sam Trans bus sideswiped her vehicle and caused severe mental distress.

 

M02-023

Perez, Nicolas

12/7/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges lost personal property while in the San Mateo County Medical Center.

 

M02-011

Quintana, Katherine

10/28/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges her medication was never received from the pharmacy.

 

G02-101

Red Top Electric Co., Emeryville, Inc.

1/13/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege negligence and breach of statutory duties when the County failed to require a payment bond of Nielsen-Dillingham Builders, Inc., the general contractor on the San Mateo County Health Care Center

remodel project.

 
 
 

G02-104

Roberts, Matthew

3/23/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges his car was damaged due to a faulty parking curb located at the Half Moon Bay Airport.

 

G02-110

Rodriguez, Victoria

4/9/03 Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges the Narcotics Task Force broke down the door at 3140 Case De Campo, Apt. 4 in San Mateo frightening a seven-year-old girl who is too afraid to go to school.

 

A02-034

State Farm Insurance/

Larry James

12/19/02 Non-culpable

 

Claimants allege the County is responsible for damages to their insured's vehicle due to an auto accident at Lobitos Creek in Redwood City.

 
 
 

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.