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Board authorizes legal defense in two Tulare County personal-injury cases
Summary
In closed session the board directed county counsel to defend and authorize defense for individually named defendants in two Superior Court cases alleging dangerous conditions and personal injury; both directives passed 4-0.
After a closed session on July 15, Tulare County’s board reported that it directed county legal counsel to defend and authorize the defense — with a reservation of rights — of individually named defendants in two pending Superior Court actions.
County counsel announced the board’s direction to defend in Monique Alejandres v. City of Visalia et al., Tulare County Superior Court case number VCU322060, an action the report described as alleging a dangerous condition and personal injury. The motion to defend was made by Supervisor Dennis Townsend and seconded by Supervisor Amy Shucklian; the board’s vote was reported as 4-0 with Supervisor Larry McCarrie absent.
The board gave the same direction — defense and authorization to defend with a reservation of rights — in Elizabeth Leone v. County of Tulare et al., Tulare County Superior Court case number VCU322061, which the report likewise described as an allegation of a dangerous condition. That motion was also moved by Townsend and seconded by Shucklian and passed 4-0 with McCarrie absent.
County counsel concluded the closed-session report by confirming both actions; no additional details about the suits were disclosed in open session.
