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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ►` Costa
County
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October 8 1996 �4
DATE: srq_coiiN`�
SUBJECT: Final Settlement of Claim -
Candice Green vs . Contra Costa County
Superior Court No. C96-03154
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive this report concerning subject final settlement and payment in the
amount of $30,000 from the General Liability Trust Fund.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
Joseph J. Tonda, Risk Manager for the County, has advised the County
Administrator that within authorization an agreement has been reached
settling the general liability claim of Candice Green vs . Contra Costa
County.
This Board' s September 24, 1996 closed session vote was : Supervisors Smith,
Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, and Rogers, yes .
This action is being taken so that terms of this final settlement and the
earlier September 24, 1996 closed session vote of this Board authorizing
its negotiated settlement are known publicly.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: I
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BO MMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON OCT 0 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
V07F SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THEDATE
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Contact: Ron Harvey — 335-1443 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC: CAO Risk Management SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
Health Services
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County Administrator Contra
Risk Management Costa
County Administration Building
651 Pine Street,6th Floor County Liability Claims (510)335-1440
Martinez,California 94553-1229 Fax Number (510)335-1420
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PRESS RELEASE
October 3, 1996
For further information:
Ron Harvey,
Liability Claims Manager
(510) 335-1443
The Board of Supervisors has approved and will finalize on
October 8, 1996, the settlement of a claim made against the
County of Contra Costa in the amount of $30,000. On October 13,
1995, Candice Green, a paraplegic, was being taken to the bus by
a County employee working for Children Services. The employee
forgot to set the .brake on the wheelchair prior to walking away.
The past and present medical bills amount to $4,986.13. There is
an anticiated $4,000.00 in future plastic surgery costs for scar
revision.
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