County of San Mateo - File #: 23-648

• File #: 23-648
• Version: 1
• Type: Memo
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/28/2023
• Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
• On agenda: 7/25/2023
• Final action: 7/25/2023
• Title: Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2023	1	BOARD OF SUPERVISORS	approved	Pass

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:
G23-15018	Joanne M. Desmond	01/04/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when she was travelling on I-280 in Daly City and a large tree branch
	crashed into her vehicle, breaking the windshield and impaling her
	sister in the stomach.
G23-150182	Kathleen L. Desmond	01/04/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when she was travelling in her sister’s vehicle on I-280 in Daly City
	and a large tree branch crashed into the vehicle, breaking the
	windshield and impaling her in the stomach.
G22-15046	Mr. Sriharsha Chintalapani and Mrs. Archana Vonteddu	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimants allege that the County is responsible for the severe
	flooding that occurred on their real property on Chesham Avenue in
	San Carlos due to improper maintenance of nearby creeks and storm
	drain structures.
G22-150462	Deepak Kandepet; Madhavi Deshmukh	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimants allege that the County is responsible for the severe
	property damage that occurred at their property on Chesham Avenue
	in San Carlos due to improper maintenance of public storm water
	drainage facilities in the area surrounding their property.
G23-15047	Elena Mariti	04/27/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when she fell due to an uneven sidewalk on Whipple Avenue in
	Redwood City.
G23-15048	Mike Bursak	03/01/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when he tripped and fell over an unmarked, unprotected curb at the
	San Mateo County Fairgrounds Office in San Mateo.
G22-15051	Wendy Marleny Veliz Rivera	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County was negligent in preventing vehicles
	from entering a dangerous and flooded roadway located at the
	intersection of 42nd Avenue and S El Camino Real in San Mateo,
	which caused the claimant’s mother to pass away from injuries
	stemming from being trapped in a flooded vehicle.
G22-150512	Walter Veliz Rivera	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County was negligent in preventing vehicles
	from entering a dangerous and flooded roadway located at the
	intersection of 42nd Avenue and S El Camino Real in San Mateo,
	which caused the claimant’s mother to pass away from injuries
	stemming from being trapped in a flooded vehicle.
G22-150513	Carlos Leonel Veliz Rivera	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County was negligent in preventing vehicles
	from entering a dangerous and flooded roadway located at the
	intersection of 42nd Avenue and S El Camino Real in San Mateo,
	which caused the claimant’s mother to pass away from injuries
	stemming from being trapped in a flooded vehicle.
G22-150514	Sintia Villanueva	12/31/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County was negligent in preventing vehicles
	from entering a dangerous and flooded roadway located at the
	intersection of 42nd Avenue and S El Camino Real in San Mateo,
	which caused the claimant’s mother to pass away from injuries
	stemming from being trapped in a flooded vehicle.
M22-15056	Joseph Day c/o Johnson Moore	12/28/2022	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that he experienced dependent adult abuse and
	neglect, negligence, and violation of resident rights while a resident at
	Burlingame Skilled Nursing D/P SNF.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.