County of San Mateo - File #: 23-1014

• File #: 23-1014
• Version: 1
• Type: Memo
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/14/2023
• Departments: HUMAN RESOURCES
• On agenda: 12/12/2023
• Title: Report recommending the denial of claims (Non-culpable)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/12/2023	1	BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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:
G23-15765	Kira Mykhailova, a minor, by and through her mother, Tetiana Mykhailova	06/02/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when she tripped on an overturned table and fell while walking in her
	classroom at Burlingame Intermediate School.
G23-15772	Marco Antonio Salazar Lopez	10/31/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County did not return his personal property
	to him when he was released from jail.
G23-15791	Martin Michael Duey	05/05/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	due to a traffic collision in a construction zone at 25th Avenue and S.
	Delaware Street in San Mateo.
G23-15792	Iker Gonzalez Francisco	05/17/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County is responsible for injuries sustained
	when he was beaten and bullied by a student at Bayside Academy in
	San Mateo.
G23-15802	Raynesha Banks	10/30/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant alleges that the County did not return her personal property
	when she was released from jail.
G23-15509	Steven Heindel	On-going	Non-culpable
	County employee alleges that the County is responsible for claims of
	retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violation of
	Peace Officer Bill of Rights, and defamation.
G23-15817	Diane Hughes and Victoria Davis, individually, and as successors in interest to Jack Davis, decedent, and Denise Hughes, Donna Lembke, Steve Cabezud, and Frank Cabezud, individually, and as successors in interest to Linda Davis, decedent.	09/01/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimants allege that the County is responsible for the deaths of Jack
	and Linda Davis due to a motor vehicle collision on SR-84.
A23-15818	Ramon Hernandez	05/03/2023	Non-culpable
	Claimant has filed for leave to present a late claim and alleges that
	the County is responsible for injuries sustained when his vehicle was
	rear-ended by a SamTrans vehicle.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.