The purpose of this report is to provide information on claims that were closed during the 4th Quarter 2018. All claims listed in this report were resolved and settled pursuant to the City Council’s prior annual Resolution authorizing the City Manager to settle claims against or by the City in an amount of $50,000 or less, and Resolution No. R-2018-125 was adopted on November 6, 2018. All payment amounts listed on the CIAW report show the amount paid by the City of Yakima toward the settlement within the City’s $99,000 or $100,000 insurance deductible.
The City Council previously authorized settlement on two claims in the report by prior Resolutions. In the case of Roy Munoz v. City of Yakima, Yakima County Superior Court Case No. 14-2-02110-0, the City Council adopted Resolution No. R-2017-131 on November 7, 2017, which authorized settlement of the case for $175,000, which entire amount was paid by CIAW and the City's insurance carrier Munich Reinsurance. The City of Yakima paid no money toward the settlement since it had reached its deductible of $99,000. In the case of Ali Akbar and Juana M. Rezaie-Tirabadi, d/b/a Vida Home Gallery v. City of Yakima, Yakima County Superior Court Case No. 17-2-03831-39, which involved a water main break on East Yakima Avenue on October 25, 2014, the City Council adopted Resolution No. R-2018-057 on June 19, 2018, which authorized a final settlement payment of $214,000, which entire amount was paid by CIAW and the City's insurance carrier Munich Reinsurance because the City had reached its deductible with CIAW. The City of Yakima paid no money toward the final settlement payment of $214,000. Previous payments were made by the City to the claimants in the amount of $75,872.69. The total settlement amount on behalf of the City was $289,872.69, which included the previous payments by the City of $75,872.69.
The report includes information for the fourth quarter 2018: (1) CIAW claim summary by type of claim; (2) CIAW claim summary by department; and (3) CIAW closed claims for the 4th Quarter 2018. Adopting the attached claims resolution affirms and ratifies the payments made by the City of Yakima on claims closed during the 4th Quarter of 2018 as listed in the reports. |