Claim Response, Kennedy, DeniseMEMO
To:
DATE:
RE:
Claimant
Denise Kennedy
Mayor Terrance M. Duggan and
Members of the City Council
September 26, 2002
Claim Against the City By Denise Kennedy
Date of Claim Date of Loss
09/17/02 08/21/02
Nature of Claim
Vehicle Damage
This is a claim in whiCh claimant states that while she was parked at Bunker Hill Golf
Course, a golf ball struck and broke her windshield.
According to report of Gil Spence, Leisure Services Manager, it has been the past practice
of the City to deny such claims. Mr. Spence states that when a person parks near a
softball field or golf course, that person assumes the risk of a ball hitting the vehicle.
It is therefore the recommendation of Gil Spence to deny this claim. The Legal
Department concurs with this recommendation.
BAL/tls
CC:
Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
Jeanne Schneider, City Clerk
Gil Spence, Leisure Services Manager
Denise Kennedy
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
September 20, 2002
TO: Tracey Stecklein, Legal Secretary /3 ~./
FROM: Gil D. Spence, Leisure Services Manag
SUBJECT: Denise Kennedy Claim
Denise Kennedy did have a windshield broken that day while she was at work. It has
been the past practice of the City to deny such claims. When you park near a softball
field or golf course you assume the risk of a ball hitting the vehicle.
All such claims have been denied in the past and I recQmmend this one be denied also.
GDS:et