DATE: September 26, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: Resolutions Rejecting Claims for Damages
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve Resolutions Rejecting Claims for Damages.
2. Approve Resolutions Rejecting Applications for Leave to Present a Late Claim.
REPORT
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
The Board could choose not to approve the Department of Human Resources' recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Payment of claims and the cost of defending claims are charged to the Risk Management Internal Services Fund. The Fund is supported by annual budgetary contributions based on actuarial projections.
DISCUSSION:
Your Board has delegated authority to the Department to reject claims up to $5,000. Claims exceeding that amount are referred to your Board after evaluation by the Claims Review Committee (CRC). The CRC considers various claim elements, which include jurisdiction, allocation of fault, immunities, and compliance with the Government Tort Claims Act by claimants. The Committee consists of Department staff, a Deputy County Counsel and an Independent Legal Counsel.
For claims involving damages over $5,000, a reserve is established, which is estimated to be sufficient to pay the cost of investigating and defending the claim, and to pay any damages for which the County is liable.
After evaluation by the CRC, claims are presented to your Board with a recommendation to reject submitted claims, which places the County in the strongest position to negotiate and/or defend the claim.
The CRC has reviewed the claims that are summarized briefly and rejection for each claim is recommended.
Claimant No.: Claimant(s)
9664 Michael Lay
9735 Kathy De Anda-Soliz
9742 Shannon White
9743 Laura Gomez
9744 Farshad Oreizi
9750 Kelly Duley
9754 Paul Meza
MM17-0003 Michael Whitfield
Application for Leave to Present a Late Claim for Damages
Claimant No.: Claimant(s)
9721 Mark Montano
9727 Kathryn Blodgett
Summary of Clai...
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