County of San Mateo - File #: 24-221

• File #: 24-221
• Version: 1
• Type: Memo
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/28/2024
• Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
• On agenda: 3/26/2024
• Final action: 3/26/2024
• Title: Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/26/2024	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:
M23-16319	Thomas Timothy Snow Individually and as Successor in Interest of Scott Chain	08/24/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for the death of Scott
	Chain after he received an Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy,
	became unstable and incoherent on the way home, and was taken by
	emergency responders to Mills Peninsula Hospital where he later died
	after unsuccessful efforts to stabilize and resuscitate him.
A23-15733	Peter Tousignant	09/28/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for damages incurred
	when a County transport van failed to yield at a stop sign, causing him
	to collide with the van’s driver’s side at 7th Street in San Francisco.
A23-157332	Michael Hollins	09/28/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when the County van, in which he was being transported from San
	Francisco County Jail to San Mateo County Jail, was involved in a
	motor vehicle accident at Harrison Street and 7th in San Francisco.
G23-16328	Bob Morawietz	11/08/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for damages incurred
	when a tree limb fell onto his parked van at 727 The Alameda in El
	Granada.
A23-16329	Kody Allen Andrews	09/29/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries and
	property damage sustained when he was driving into the Daly City
	BART station and was hit by a San Francisco Municipal Railway
	Motor Coach.
G23-16331	Brian Patrick Wynn	09/13/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when he fell into an uncovered excavation on the sidewalk behind
	261 California Drive in Burlingame.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.