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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 3 CLAIM #84-19 12-18-84AGENDA - NO. 3 12-18-84 ~T£: 12/05/84 Inter-Corn FROH: SUEJECT: ABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JAMES G. ROURKE, CITY ATTORNEY CLAIMANT: KENNETH S. GOH; D/L: 4/23/84; DATE FILED W/CITY: 7/16/84; CLAIM NO: 84-19; CARL WARREN FILE NO: S38739SK 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. JGR(F4.se) Enclosure: Copy of claim cc: OCCRMA 1 '3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11' 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD B. DJANG 910 East Chapman Avenue Orange, California 92666 (714)834-1920 RECEIVED JUL 1 $1984 TUSTIN PUBL.~ WORKS DEPT. Attorneys for Claimant, KENNETH S. GOH In the Matter of the Claim of) 'KENNETH S? GOB, Claimant VSo CITY OF TUSTIN, COUNTY OF · ORANGE,"DOES 1-5, inclusive, Respondents. CLAIM AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITY (GOVERNE~NT CODE ~910) 1. The Post Office address, of KENNETH Si GOH is as follows: Kenneth Gob c/o Albert Gob, M.D., P.O. Box 244, Tustin, California 92680. 2. The Post Office address to which Claimant, KENNETH S. GOH, d~sires notice of this claim to be sent is as follows: The Law Offices of Edward B. Djang, 910 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, California 92666. 3. On April 23, 1984, Claimant, a sixteen (16) year old student at Foothill High School, was proceeding eastbound on Seventeenth Street approaching Holt Avenue in the City of Tustin, when a vehicle driven by AUDREY JHAN TAYLOR 1 4 5 ? 8 9 10 I! 14 15 16 17 18 19 90 2~ 23 24 25 26 27 28 turned left from Seventeenth onto Holt Avenue, and the Claimant was unable to stop his motorcycle in time and struck the automobile near the front passenger door. 4. As a result of this collision, Claimant sustained a broken tibia and ankle in addition to abrasions and other assorted injuries. The intersection of Seventeenth Street and Holt Avenue is negligently constructed and/or maintained in that the drivers approaching this intersection have insufficient time to view traffic coming from the opposite direction and which negligent condition has lead proximately to the injuries sustained by Claimant. 5. So far as it is known to KENNETH S. GOH at the date of filing this claim, he has incurred damages in the amount of approximately Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for the injuries specified above, not including his claim for general damages. 6. Claimant does not know the n~es of any public employers or employees involved in this dangerous condition and name them herein as DOES 1 through 5, inclusive. 7. At. the time o~ presentation of this claim, KENNETH S. GOH claims damages in the amount of approximately One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more based on the medical expenses, lost wages, general damages and other damages incurred as a result of the collision. It is presently unknown whether Claimant will have permanent disability and, if so, the extent of such disability so the amount of the /// Iii 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 I0 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 2O 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 claim may be considerably more than the estimate of $100,000.