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Corporation counsel says Law Department is handling heavy litigation caseload and targeting problem properties
Summary
Sue, the citys corporation counsel, told council members the Law Department received 203 notices of claim this fiscal year, has collected nearly $500,000 in judgments, and has stepped up coordinated enforcement of nuisance and safety-related problem properties while supporting school-construction work and a planned bond refinancing.
Sue, the citys corporation counsel, told the council the Law Department represents the entire city and all of its boards and that its primary duty is to defend the city in litigation. She said the office had received 203 notices of claim so far in the fiscal year, the procedural first step toward lawsuits, and that the department also pursues affirmative claims to recover damages to city property.
"We have received 203 notices of claim," Sue said. "We pursue those and get those claims addressed so that we can repair our pipe and we're not out any money." She gave the example of a utility contractors digging damaging city infrastructure as the type of affirmative claim the office would pursue.
Why this matters: The volume of incoming claims and the…
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