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File #: 24-856    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Passed
File created: 10/18/2024 Departments: COUNTY ATTORNEY
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action: 11/12/2024
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.

 

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:

 

 

G24-17458

Goran Nikolic

9/30/2024

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for damages incurred to Claimant's

 

bicycle when they drove over a pothole on Tum Suden Way.

 

 

G24-17499

Charles Edward Schrader

9/16/2024

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges defamation by employees of non-County entities.

 

 

G24-17423

Subro Claims, Inc o/b/o Geico Ins a/s/o Juancarlos Velasquez

8/10/2024

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for property damage resulting from 

 

a car accident in Redwood City.

 

 

G24-17539

James Isidro Lanpher

7/2/204

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges County is responsible for personal injuries sustained when

 

Claimant slipped and fell inside a shower at Maguire Correctional Facility.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.