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CITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor
FROM: Jorge L. Fernand
DATE:
RE:
December 15, 2004
Proposed Settlement — City Commission Agenda — January 13, 2005
Magdeline Marsan v. City of Miami
Case No. 00-30704 CA 30
Claim No.: 000757-000122-GB-01 (File No. 04-01382)
ers of the City Commission
ty Attorney
The attached proposed Resolution seeks authorization for settlement of all claims against
the City of Miami in the above -referenced case, in the amount of Sixty -Seven Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($67,500).
This is an action brought by Ronald M. Simon, Esquire on behalf of Magdeline Marsan
against the City of Miami relating to a fall from her bicycle, after riding over a pothole that
occurred on May 31, 1999. The incident occurred in the parking lot of Grapeland Park in
unincorporated Miami -Dade County.
At the conclusion of that mediation the parties agreed to settle this case for Sixty -Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($67,500), subject to the required approvals.
The City Attorney's Office has investigated and evaluated this case and has approved the
recommendation of this settlement. Funds in the amount of $67,500 are available from the Self -
Insurance and Insurance Trust Fund, Index Code No. 515001.624401.6.653.
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Attachment(s)
c: Joe Arriola, City Manager
Elvi G. Alonso, Agenda Coordinator