Claim by Martha Intveld THE CFFY OF
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TRACEY STECKLEIN
PARALEGAL
To: Mayor Roy D. Buol and
Members of the City Council
DATE: August 8, 2016, 2016
RE: Claim Against the City of Dubuque by Martha Intveld
Claimant Date of Claim Date of Loss Nature of Claim
Martha Intveld 08/02/16 06/30/16 Vehicle Damage
This is a claim in which claimant alleges that as she was driving through the intersection
of Chavenelle and Radford Roads, her vehicle was dented by the force of water being
flushed from a fire hydrant.
This claim has been referred to Public Entity Risk Services of Iowa, the agent for the Iowa
Communities Assurance Pool.
CC: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Bob Green, Water Department Manager
Martha Intveld
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY DUBUQUE, IOWA
SUITE 330,HARBOR VIEW PLACE,300 MAIN STREET DUBUQUE, IA 52001-6944
TELEPHONE (563)583-4113/FAx (563)583-1940/EMAIL tsteckle@cityofdubuque.org
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CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
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This written report constitutes your claim against the City of Dubuque, Iowa. You should
complete this form in full and attach any additional information that supports your claim.
The Claim must be filed with the City Clerk at City Hall, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA 52001. It
will then be referred by the City Council to the appropriate department for investigation.
Once that investigation is completed,a report and recommendation will be submitted to the
City Council. You will be provided with a copy of that report and recommendation.
THE FINAL DECISION ON ALL CLAIMS IS MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. NO EMPLOYEE OF
THE CITY OF DUBUQUE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION TO YOU
AS TO WHETHER YOUR CLAIM WILL OR WILL NOT BE PAID.
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2. Address: �
3. Telephone Number:
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4. Date of Incident: �� �� �
5. Time of Incident:
6. Location of Incident (Be specific):
7. DESCRIBE ACCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE THAT CAUSED INJURY OR DAMAGE. (Give
full details upon which you base your claim. If a City employee was involved, give the
employee's name.)
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8. What were weather conditions like?
9. Give name and address of any witnesses: �c3re
10. Did police investigate? (If so, give names of officers.)
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11. Was anyone injured? (If so, give names, addresses, and extent of injuries).
12. Was any damage done to property? (If so, describe property and the extent of
damages. Attach estimates of damages or describe basis for ascertaining extent of
damage.)
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13. What other damages do you claim, if any?
14. Have you been compensated for an art or all of our claim b an insurance
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company? (If so, give name and address of insurance company and amount paid.)
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15. What amount do you claim from the City of Dubuque?
16. Wh do you claim the City of Dubuque is responsible.
17. Have you made any claim against anyone else for damages as a result of this incident? l
(If yes, give name and address.)
18. If the answer to Question 17 is yes, have you received any payment from that source,
and if so, in what amount?
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include the following protected information:
Social Security Number(s) Bank Account Information
Medical/Health Information Financial Information
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I understand that this information may be distributed within the City organization or to agents of the
City for processing and I hereby authorize the City to act accordingly taking all precautions to
protect my information from unnecessary distribution.
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I have read the information above and do not have any confidential documentation to submit to the
City of Dubuque as part of this Claim Against the City
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7. DESCRIBE ACCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE THAT CAUSED INJURY OR DAMAGE,
Recently, after leaving work at Unison Solutions (5451 Chavenelle Road), I headed
east on Chavenelle Road.Just past the intersection with Radford Road, city workers
were flushing the fire hydrant on the right hand side of the road. I stopped; they did 1
not indicate I should turn around or wait for them to shut off the water and there
were no signs indicating the road was closed so I resumed driving,taking the lane
farthest from the hydrant as safely possible. The force of the water dented the right
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side of my 2014 Camry. Brimeyer Auto Body repaired the damage for$2257.41.
I believe the City is responsible for maintaining safe roadways for motorists and that
the City employee should have directed unsuspecting drivers around this damaging
situation.
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Therefore, I am requesting full reimbursement of$2257.41 from the City of
Dubuque. In addition, I would suggest that safer protocol be implemented in the it
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