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File #: 25-619    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/10/2025 Departments: COUNTY ATTORNEY
On agenda: 6/24/2025 Final action:
Title: Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

Special Notice / Hearing:    None__

Vote Required:    Majority

 

To:                      Honorable Board of Supervisors

From:                      John D. Nibbelin, County Attorney                      

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:

Pursuant to section 2.10.070 of the Ordinance Code, the County Attorney’s Office works with the County Executive’s Office to receive and 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 for consideration.

 

DISCUSSION:

The County Attorney’s Office 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:

 

 

G25-18544

Isabel Arrospide

1/6/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for injuries sustained in an

 

elevator.

 

 

G24-18592

Jenna Kaesler

11/21/2024

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for an unlawful arrest by the 

 

Pacifica Police Department.

 

 

M24-18648

Ellie Qassemzadeh

5/30/2024

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for injuries related to medical

 

care while she was a patient at SMMC.

 

 

G24-18669

Jorge Ulloa

11/21/2024

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for injuries related to a

 

collision with an ambulance in San Francisco.

 

 

G24-18670

Donna Dillon and Thomas Dillon

11/28/2024

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimants allege County is responsible for injuries sustained when

 

one claimant tripped on a street in incorporated Half Moon Bay they

 

believe to be dangerous.

 

 

G25-18673

Lucrecia Lorena Santos

2/17/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for loss of currency when the police

 

took her backpack in San Carlos.

 

 

G25-18678

Ngozi Atalor

2/1/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for loss of personal property

 

when Claimant was arrested in Millbrae.

 

 

G24-18693

Cornell Holman

12/12/2024

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for injuries sustained

 

when Claimant was a passenger on a bus that stopped abruptly and

 

caused Claimant to sustain injuries.

 

 

G25-18694

Sandra Martin

1/3/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for injuries sustained

 

when Claimant slipped and fell at San Francisco International Airport.

 

 

G25-185292

Chris Noel Tagunicar

5/21/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges that he incurred damages as a result of the Private

 

Defender Program's actions.

 

 

G25-18705

Vivian Laylay

2/7/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for personal injuries incurred

 

while Claimant was a passenger on a bus.

 

 

G25-18706

Tony To and Maria Wodziak-To

2/6/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimants allege County is responsible for property damage incurred

 

from a landslide on Claimants’ property.

 

 

G25-18707

Howard Ko

2/6/2025

Non-culpable

 

 

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for property damage incurred

 

from a landslide on Claimant’s property.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.