The purpose of this report is to provide information on claims that were closed during the 1st Quarter 2019. 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 $100,000 insurance deductible.
The City Council previously authorized settlement on one closed claim in the report by prior Resolution. In the case of Lorena Arias, Special Administrator for the Estate of Rocendo Arias v. Casey Gillette, Yakima Police Chief Dominic Rizzi, City of Yakima Police Department, and the City of Yakima, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Case No. CV-16-3213-SAB, the City Council adopted Resolution No. R-2018-003 on January 2, 2018, which authorized settlement of the case for $500,000, which entire amount was paid by CIAW and reinsurer Munich Reinsurance to settle all claims in the lawsuit that was filed November 22, 2016. The City paid no money toward the settlement since it had reached its deductible of $100,000.
The report includes information for the first quarter 2019: (1) CIAW claim summary by type of claim; (2) CIAW claim summary by department; (3) CIAW closed claims for the 1st Quarter 2019; and (4) WSTIP closed claims for the 1st Quarter 2019. Adopting the attached claims resolution affirms and ratifies the payments made by the City of Yakima on claims closed during the 1st Quarter of 2019 as listed in the reports. |