Claim Lopez, Andrew T
September 20, 2005
City of Dubuque
City Clerk Department
1300 Main Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
RE: Defective storm sewer repair
Date of accident: 9-11-05
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Attn: City Clerk
On Sunday evening, September 11,2005, I experienced property damage to my
2002 Chevrolet Tahoe. Enclosed with this letter is an invoice in the amount of
$183.77, reflecting the cost of a new tire.
On that evening, as I was attempting to park my vehicle in front of Mary Frances
residence hall, Clarke College, a piece of defective curbing that obviously had
been "cut" to facilitate storm sewer replacement, punctured the sidewall of my
new tire. Because I have AAA, I simply contacted McCann's Towing to change
my flat tire, as this happened at night time. The security department at Clarke
College was notified of this incident that same evening.
On Monday, September 12th, I followed-up with Bob Nelson of the Maintenance
Department at Clarke College. The broken piece of curb that punctured my tire
was removed and is currently in the possession of the maintenance department
at Clarke College.
I was advised that the City of Dubuque was responsible for the curb in question,
as a storm sewer was recently installed in front of this residence hall. It was
obvious after I realized what had happened to my tire that whoever "cut" the curb
to allow for the storm sewer installation did not properly repair / replace the curb.
The "repaired curb" eventually broke loose and fell into the street, where on a
dark Sunday night, the broken curb got wedged between the existing curb and
my tire, which resulted in a punctured tire.
On today's date, I spoke with Deron Muehring of your engineering department
and he suggested that I follow-up with your department regarding this incident.
In summary, I feel that if the City of Dubuque had properly repaired and/or
replaced the curb in question, this incident would not have occurred. I do not feel
that I should incur the expense of a new tire, as this incident was not caused by
actions that I had control of. Thank you for your consideration.
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Andrew T. Lopez
1310 4th Street SW
Dyersville, IA 52040
(563) 875-6165
CHAPMAN AUTO Et TIRE
117 11TH ST. S.E.
DYERSVILLE, IA 52040-1904
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Invoice
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LOPEZ ANDY
1310 4TH ST S.W.
DYERSVILLE, IA 52040
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P.O. No. Terms Due Date Rep
NET DUE FOLLIN... 10/10/2005 JGC
Item Qty Description Rate Amount
LT2657016 I 265/70R16 Fireston Wilderness LE RWL 123.88 123.88T
WHEEL BALAN... 4 COMPUTER SPIN BALANCE 6.50 26.00T
UNLUG-LUG 4 SWITCH 2.00 8.00T
VALVE STEM 2 RUBBER VALVE STEM 2.00 4.00T
DISPOSAL 1 DISPOSAL OF OLD TIRES 2.00 2.00
MOUNT DISMO... ] DISMOUNT & MOUNT SP AIR TIRE PUT A WAY 8.00 8.00T
MILAGE 41,857
IF YOUR FUEL FILTER HAS NOT BEEN REPLACE IN THE LAST 25,000 MILES Subtotal
YOU, SHOULD REPLACE WITH NEW. $171.88
Sales Tax (7.0%)
$11.89
Total
$183.77