HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 4 CLAIM #87-13 10-19-87DATE:
Octobez 8, 1987
CONSENT CALENDAR
NO. 4
10-19-87
Inter-Corn
TO:
FROH:
SUBJECT:
HONORABLE ~AYOR AND CItY COUNCILf
· CITY ATTORNEY
C~AI~ANT: BIAN~A MARIA RIZZO; D/L:
W/CITY: 3/27/87; CLAIR NO: 87-13;
1/16/87; DATE FILED
CARL ~ARREN FI~E
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. ~
City Attorney
JGR (F4. se)
Enclosure:
Copy of Claim
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~ LONG BE, ACH BOULEVARD
SU1T~ 100, P. O. BOX
LONG BEACH. CALIFORNIA
T~.LRPHONE (213) 427-2044
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CITY OF TUSTIN
COUNTY OF ORANGE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BIANCA MARIA RIZZO,
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CITY OF TUSTIN,
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CLAIM NUMBER:
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
1. Name of Claimant: Bianca Maria Rizzo.
Address of Claimant: c/o The Law offices of Larry H.
Parker, Inc., 3605 Long Beach Boulevard, Suite 100, P. O. Box
22640, Long Beach, california 90801.
Notices should be sent to The Law Offices of Larry H.
Parker, Inc., 3605 Long Beach Boulevard, Suite 100, P. O. Box
22640, Long Beach, California 90801.
2. Date of Injury: January 16, 1987.
Place of Injury: On E1 Camino Real southbound, in
the intersection at Main Street, in the City of Tustin, County
of Orange, State of California.
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Manner of Injury: claimant was a passenger'in a
vehicle traveling southbound on E1 Camino Real which entered
the.intersection at Main Street on a green signal, when the
vehicle she was in was broadsided by another vehicle traveling
eastbound on Main Street.
Claimant's injuries and d~mages are a proximate result
of, but not exclusively limited to, the City of Tustin's
negligent design, construction and maintenance of said roadways,
in that t_he City of Tustin negligently failed to provide
adequate safety measures to protect the general motoring public
from the likelihood of injury by authorizing a speed limit in
excess of that which is safe, given the volume of traffic, by
failing to provide reasonable length, of signal phasing on the
traffic signals, and by failing to increase police patrol
when the City of Tustin knew, or should have known, of the
frequent occurrence of accidents at this location in which
motorists' speed, the high volume of traffic, and signal
phasing, were a contributing factor in causing injury to the
general motoring public.
3. Nature and extent of injuries: Claimant sustained
multiple contusions of the chest, left breast, knees and
abdomen; lateral thoracic sprains; and post traumatic stress
disorder.
4. Amount of damages claimed: $5,000,000.00 sum includes
damages for present injuries and prospective injuries, medical
expenses and property damage, the amounts of which are presently
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unknown-to Claimant.
from anyone.
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Claimant has not received any statements
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THE LAW OFFICES OF LARRY H. PARKER, INC.
LARRY H. PARKER