HomeMy WebLinkAboutClaim 728 - R.A. VerisCITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
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Recommendation
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CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY (#728) BY ROBERT A. VERIS IN AN
UNSPECIFIED TOTAL AMOUNT
Rachelle Klassen, City Clerk
November 14, 2013
• Staff Report
• Recommendations of Claims Adjusters and Staff
• Claim No. 728
By Minute Motion, reject the Claim and direct the City Clerk to so notify the
Claimant.
Backaround
Based on a review of the subject Claim and the recommendation of the Claims Adjuster,
Risk Manager, City Attorney, and staff, it is recommended that the Claim be rejected.
Discussion of this item should be held in Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(b), potential litigation.
Fiscal Analvsis
City of Palm Desert participates in the self-insurance pool of the California Joint Powers Insurance
Authority (CJPIA). Action to reject the subject Claim does not have a fiscal impact on the City at
this time.
Submitted by: �proved:
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R c elle D. Klasse , M, City Clerk ohn M. Wohlmuth, City Manager
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CARL WARREI� & COMPANY
Claims Managerri�nt an�i Sc�luticris
October 17, 2013
TO: City of Palm Desert
ATTENTION: Rachelle D. Klassen, MMC, City Clerk
RE: Claim
Claimant
Member
Date Rec'd by Mbr
Date of Event
CW File Number
Dear Ms. Klassen:
: Veris v. Palm Desert
: Robert A. Veris
: City of Palm Desert
. 10/11/13
: 4/11/13
: 1868078 PMQ
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Please allow this correspondence to acknowledge receipt of the captioned claim. Please take the
following action:
• CLAIM REJECTION: Send a standard rejection letter to the claimant's
attorney Michael J. McLaughlin, Esq. at the Law Offices of Feldman,
McLaughlin Thiel LLP.
Please include a Proof of Mailing with your rejection notice to the claimant. An exemplar copy
of a Proof of Mailing is attached. Please provide us with a copy of the Notice of Rejection and
copy of the Proof of Mailing. If you have any questions feel free to contact the assigned adjuster
or the undersigned supervisor.
Very truly yours
CARL WARREN & COMPANY
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Richard D. Marque
Supervisor
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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, RISK MANAGER
FROM: CITY CLERK
DATE: OCTOBER 11, 2013
SUBJECT: CLAlM NU. 728 - CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY BY ROBERT A. VERIS IN
AN UNSPECIFIED TOTAL AMOUNT
The attached Claim No. 728 is being transmitted to you for the foilowing:
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required by the City of Palm Desert.
We would appreciate yaur report, if requested, by November 12, 2�13, for timely response
to the Claimant.
��� M ttached for your reference relative to the incident giving rise to this Claim is
Contract No. C30630 - Landscape Maintenance Area No. 4(Project No. 904-1'1)" with
'Pinnacle Landscape Company, Santa Ana, Caiifornia.
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Attachments {as noted}
Klassen, Rachelle
From: Greenwood, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:57 AM
To: Klassen, Rachelle
Subject: Claim No. 728
Rachelle,
It is recommended that Claim No. 728 be denied as the cyclist did not use due caution to avoid the clearly visible vehicle
in the bike lane.
Mark Greenwood, P,E.
Director of Public Works
City of Palm Desert
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Rachelle D. Klassen
Ciry Clerk
City of Palm Desert
73-51- Fred Waring Drive
�alm Desert, California 92260
Via F.mail: r[classen@cityofpalmdesert.org
and Express Mail
Re: Claim Against the City of Patm Desert
Claimant: Robert A. Veris
Date of Loss: Aprit 1 l, 2013
Dear City Clerk:
Enclosed please find the claim submitted on behalf of Robert A. Veris against the City of Palm
Desert fnr personal injuries and property damages sustained in a bicycle vs. vehicle accident on
Portola Avenue south of Gerald Ford Drive, iva Patm Desert, California. We have also enclosed a
Designation of'Claim Representative, by which Mr. Veris authorizss the undersigned to handle
this claim on his behalf. Accordingly, please direct all future communications about the claim to
this of�tice.
Best regards,
FELDMAN McLA GHLIN THIEL LLP
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AGAWST TF� CiTY OF PALM DF.S�EtT, NOT AN�iME[t P�JBLIC �N'tITY. NHL'itE SPACE IS
INSUFFICI�, PLEASS USE ADDi'ttONAL PAPER AND 1DENTIFY �iFOR�tA7ION BY
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CLERK. Ci1'Y OF PAl.dl DESER?. ?3-510 FRPA INA[t1NG DtttVB. PALM D�SERT. CA 9Z24fl.
TO ?HB HONORABLE MAYOR AND C1TY COUNCIL, City of Pslrn Desext, Californlas
Tlu underslgned ceapectiully subrnit(s) the following clalm and informatlon relative to damage(a) to
person(s) and/or personal pr�ert�n
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2. Nama, telephone number and post ofttce address ta whlch claimant dealres notlus to be
sent, Ii other than aboves
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3:' Occurrencx a avent irom whtch the ctalm srlse�
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d. Hoa► and uncbr what c3rr�matancea did damage a Inj�uy oacur? Sp�ccify the particular
occurre+�e, evtnt, set ar omrnl�tort you clalm causad the Injury a damage. (Use
addFtbnal papet li neceseary.l
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e. Wi�at partfcuiar actla�n by the Clty, a 1ts emploYees► causeci the alleged darnage ar
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Name and a�dress oi any other persati(s) lnjureds
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7. Name a�d addceas of the cwqec of any dsmaged property:
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b. �atimate:d amount of iuture c�sts:
c. Total amouM claimeds
d. Basis for computatlo� ot amowrts ciaimed tinet+xk coplea oi ail b!!!e, lnvoices,
eStirttBtes� etc.j:
Damages claimede ��ee ��ka�i.�.,.�,,.'t �4r�•�,�,� i, �
Am t lalm d of tlti date�
Names and addreases oi all wltne�es, hoapltats, doctars, etc.:
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!0. Any addlUanat�f ormat�on� including pollce reports, which might be helpiu! ln cansidaing
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WAItNWGtR 1S A CRtMINAL OFFENSE TO FILE A FALSB CLAiMI (p�IAL C.OD� 71�
INSUItANCB CODE 556.1).
I have read the mattera and ataternent� made ln the abova clalm, ard I laaw the same #o be t� of
my own knowledge, exapt aa to thoae mstters atated upon informadon a bellef ag to such matters
I bdteve the same to be uue. t certlfy wder panstty of perjt�y that the focegoing ta TRUE AND
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D�JC. NO. -�� DATE FLLED 1 t�-i (—('J
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SUPPLEIVIENT TO CLAIM
AGAINST CITY OF PALM DESERT
Claimactt: Robert A. Veris
Date of Loss: April I 1, 2013
Parasranh 3
(b) The accident occurrod on April 11, 2013, at approximately 7:00 a.m, on Portola
Avcnue, 528 feet south of Geratd Ford Drive, Palm Desert, California. C(aimant was riding his
bicycle northbound on Portola Avcnue along the bicycle laae when he stcuck a landa�aping truck
parked in the bicycle lane without appropriate warning flags, cones, signs, lights or barriers.
(d) Claimant is informad and believes that the landscaping truck wes owned by
Pinnacle Landscaping, wluch contracts with tho City to prove landscaping savices for City
pmperiy. fhe contractor parking its truck within the bicycle lane, failed to place appropriate
warning flags, cones, signs, lights or barrier or otherwise take appropriate precautions ta wam
bicyclists of the presence of the landscape truck in the bicycle lane, end left the truck unattended.
Pursuant to California Vehicle Code seetion 21209, no person shall drive a motor vehicle
in a bicycle lane esteblished on a roadway except (l) to park where parking is permitted, (2) to
er►ter or leave the• roadway, or (3) to prepare for a turn within a distance of 200 fect from the
iiitersection. A City contractor has na legal right to park within a bicycle lane and, even if so
permitted, may not do so without proper warning flags, cones, signs, lights or l�rriers.
Section 11.01.094 of the Gity of PaLn Desert Municipal Code pmvides that "[n]o person
shall drive or operate any motoriud vehicle, ... on any azea which has been designated, set
aside or is used, .., as a bicyele or golf cart trail, path, lane or way without written approval of
the city manager, director of public works or maintenance supervisar." Section 26.Q8.31 Q
defines a"bicycle way" to mean "an area within the right-of-way of a dedicated street or
easement, where bicycle travel is the designated use."
Sec6on 10.48.040 of the Municipal Code pmvides that "[n]o operator of any vehicle shall
stop, stand, park, or leave standing such veMcle in any of the following places, except when
necessary to avoid conilict with other trat�c or in compliance with the direetion of a police
officer or other authorized off'icer, or traffic sign or signal, as follows: [�] (i]n any area where
the parking or stopping of any vehicle wouId constitute a traf�ic hazard or would endanger life or
ProPe�Y �
P�rA�raa6 4: •
Claimant sustained the following injuries;
1. Avulsion fi�ctures of the right fibula and tibia
2. ACL� LCL, ead cartilage damages, right knee
3. Blunt ch�st trauma
4. Chin laceration
5. Tlaigh contusion
6. Right hand cantusion
Claimant required surgical intervention to recanstruct his right knee on May 3, 2013, is currendy
in physical therapy.
PBCAPt'AQII S:
Pcesendy, Claimant has incurred $121,000 in medical expenses. Additional expenses are being
tabu(ated. As such, the total dama�es claim will exceai this amount, Pursuant to Govemment
Code section 914( fl, if the amount of the claim exceeds $10,000, no dollar amoum shall be
includat in the claim, but it shall indicate whether the claim woutd be a limited civil case. Here,
the claim would not be a limited civil case.
Pars,�raph 9
Witnesses, hospitals, docto�s: Please refer to the enclosed police report and medica! records.
Additional records will be pmvided upon receipt.
[end]
Klassen, Racheile
From:
Sent:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Attachments:
Ms. Klassen:
ENie Cook [Ellie�fmtt�oe.comj
Friday, Octobet' 11, 2013 4:OS PM
Klassen, Rachelie
AAike McLaughNn
Claim Against City of Palm Desert — Robert A. Veris -- Date of Loss Apri111, 2013
2013't 011151418051. pdf
Piease see attached correspondence from Mr. Mclaughlin {and ciaim form from Robert Veris) with originai and
attachments to foilaw by Express Mail.
if you have any questions or concerns, ptease do not hesitate to call our office.
Thank you.
Ellie Cook, Assistant to
Michael J. McLaughlin, Esq.
FELDMAN McLAUGHLIN THIEL LLP
178 U.S. Highway 50, Suite 8
P.�. Bax 1309
Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
Tel: (775) 580-7431
Fax: (775)580-7436
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DESIG1wATil7N 4� CLAIM RFPRESEI'�TATiVE
[, ANDY VFRIS hereby desi�;nate Michael ,I. Mc[.,aughlin, of FELUMAN
McLAUGHLIN Tf-IIEL LLP, 178 Highway 50, Post Office 1309, Zephyr Cove, Nevada 89448,
as the designated person authorized to handle rny claim against the C1TY OF PALM DESERT,
PINNACLE LANDSCAPiNG, a.nd athers, as may be appropriate, which claim arises out of a
bicycle vs. automob�le accident occurring on or about April 11, 2013, in Palm Desert, California.
Executed this I� day of E�; �� , 2013, in�y �/�,,,,- �v �/��
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Mike McLaughlin
From: Robert Veris [andyveris@aol.comj
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:11 PM
To: Mike McLaughlin
Subject: Photos from Apr 11, 2013
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