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File #: 23-17    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Passed
File created: 12/1/2022 Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
On agenda: 1/3/2023 Final action: 1/3/2023
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                     

Tracy Ford, Interim 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:

G22-13931

Shirell Minor

10/27/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the staff at SMMC lost her bag while she was

 

visiting a patient at the hospital.

 

 

 

 

G22-13975

Amparo Martinez

10/21/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for bodily injuries

 

sustained when she tripped on a broken storm drain on Mission Street

 

in Daly City.

 

 

G22-13976

Shikeb Saddozai

10/13/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the Sheriff’s Office violated his civil rights and

 

denied him medical care while he was transported from state court and

 

temporarily incarcerated for court proceedings.

 

 

G22-14017

Juan Jimenez Lozano

06/10/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for dangerous road

 

conditions that led to a vehicle collision on Oakmont Drive &

 

Murfield Circle in San Bruno.

 

 

G22-14018

Damani Collins

10/13/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the Sheriff’s Office caused bodily

 

injuries during his arrest, and did not respond to his medical 

 

service request later while he was incarcerated at Maguire

 

Correctional Facility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

G22-14051

Gloria Del Rosario Austria

06/02/2022

Non-culpable

 

Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained

 

when she tripped and fell on uneven concrete on 90th Street in Daly

 

City.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.