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File #: 23-874    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Passed
File created: 9/21/2023 Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
On agenda: 10/17/2023 Final action: 10/17/2023
Title: Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

Special Notice / Hearing:    None__

Vote Required:    Majority

 

To:                      Honorable Board of Supervisors

From:                      Rocio Kiryczun, Director, Human Resources Department                     

Zhanna Abuel, Risk Manager

 

Subject:                      Disposition of Claims Filed Against County

 

RECOMMENDATION:

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Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

 

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BACKGROUND:

Under authority of section 2.10.070 of the Ordinance Code, the County Executive has designated 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

Incident Date

Recommended Board Action and Basis

Claims recommended for denial:

G23-15463

Julio Cesar Castillo

09/06/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that his prescription glasses were missing from his

 

property when he was released from Maguire.

 

 

G23-15472

Antonio Cortez Buckley

05/23/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to stop the

 

false information that the claimant is a convicted pedophile.

 

 

G23-15478

Peter Kanefsky

03/14/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for damages that

 

occurred when a eucalyptus tree fell on his house in El Granada and

 

on the main power supply where he charges his boat at Coyote Point

 

Marina.

 

 

G23-15503

Margo McLoud

06/23/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for money that was 

 

missing from her account when she was released from jail.

 

 

G23-15512

Bryan L. Gomez

04/26/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained

 

when he fell after his bicycle caught on to uneven pavement near the

 

intersection of Delaware Street and 25th Avenue in San Mateo.

 

 

G23-15514

Jinyuan Zhao

04/14/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained 

 

when she tripped and fell on uneven pavement in front of 35 28th

 

Avenue in San Mateo.

 

 

G23-155142

Yunwan Zheng

04/14/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for loss of consortium

 

after his wife tripped and fell on uneven pavement in front of 35 28th

 

Avenue in San Mateo.

 

 

G23-15537

Marissa Legarda

04/10/2023

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for the dangerous

 

conditions on Cañada Road that led to the wrongful death of her son

 

who was hit by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle.

 

 

G22-142142

Zayden Alejandro Torres Saldivar

10/03/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant has submitted an application for leave to present a late claim

 

founded on a cause of action for wrongful life.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.