HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 3 CLAIM #89-38 03-05-90DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
2/16/90
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
CITY ATTORNEY
CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 3
3-5-90
Inter - Com
CLAIMANT: JOHN HARRIS; D/L: 9/12/89; DATE FILED W/CITY:
9/19/89 AND 1/25/90; CLAIM NO: 89-38; CARL WARREN FILE
NO: S 59949 CLB
After investigation and review it is recommended that the above -
referenced claim be rejected and the City Clerk directed to give
proper notice of the rejection to the claimant and to the
claimant's attorney.
JA ES G. ROURKE
City Attorney
JGR(F4)
Enclosure: Copy of Claim
JAMES R TRAUT
PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
1 PARK TOWER SUITE_ `7)UU
2 200 WEST SANTA ANP, N VD
SANTA ANA CALI F0R1\I IA 1 '1'D701
3 (71/1) x',35-7000
4 RFPRESFNTING PLAINTIFF(S)
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8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
J FOR THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
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Claim of JOHN N. HARRIS,
11 ) CLAIM FOR PERSONAL INJURIES
Claimant, ) (GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 910)
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THE CITY OF TUSTIN, )
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Respondent, )
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16 TO THE CITY OF TUSTIN:
17 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that JOHN N. HARRIS whose address
18 is claims damages from the CITY
IJ of TUSTIN in an amount within the jurisdiction of the Superior
20 Courts of the State of California.
21 This claim is based upon personal injuries sustained by
22 JOHN N. HARRIS on or about September 12, 1989 at 2:00 p.m. in the
23 City of TUSTIN when claimant was attempting to enter roadbed via
24 a paraplegic ramp and catching his bicycle pedal on a guide wire
25 for a telephone pole in the city of Tustin.
26 At the aforementioned time and place CITY OF TUSTIN
27 negligently allowed for a guide wire for a telephone pole to be
28 stretched directly across a paraplegic ramp presenting a
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substantial risk of danger to plaintiff and to public at large.
As a direct and proximate result' of the act of CITY OF
TUSTIN, claimant received severe injuries to his person, and
other injuries not yet known.
The amounts claimed as of the presentation of this claim are
within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court and are computed as
follows:
1. Expenses for medical and hospital care;
2. Expenses for prescription drugs;
3. Pain and suffering;
4. Loss of earnings;
5. Special damages; and
6. General damages.
All notices or other communications with regard to this
claim should be sent to claimant at 200 West Santa Ana Boulevard,
Suite 900, Santa Ana, California 9270 .
DATED: January 17, 1990 THE T T F`t
CRAIG A. KE
Attorney fo
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