The tort claim that's missing from the SDCOE-JPA computer

January 4, 2008

I called up Diane Crosier today and asked her what insurance company handled my April 21, 2005 tort claim against SDCOE and CVESD. She looked on her computer and found tort claims for 2001, 2002, and May 2004, but nothing for 2005.

She asked if the claim was about continuing incidents.

I said, no, they were about specific, single events on November 4 and 10, 2004.

She said it might be in the May 2004 file, but the file is in storage.

Below is the claim that either no one ever entered properly into the SDCOE-JPA computer, or someone removed from the computer.

It regards SDCOE-JPA lawyers who suborned perjury.


April 21, 2005

State of California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board

Kathy Davis, Business Services
San Diego County Office of Education
Lowell Billings, Superintendent

Re: Maura Larkins
Date of injuries: November 4, 2004 and November 10, 2004

NOTICE OF CLAIM REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 910

...The SAN DIEGO COUNTY SCHOOLS RISK MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, hereinafter designated as the “JPA,”... and Chula Vista Elementary School District, ... and attorney Daniel Shinoff and his associates Jeffery Morris and Kelly Angell, on or about November 4, 2004 and November 10, 2004, caused injury to claimant by suborning perjury of witnesses during testimony in depositions for San Diego Superior Court case number GIC 781970.

...One such incident occurred on November 4, 2005 during the deposition of Robin Donlan.

Another such incident happened on November 10, 2005, during the deposition of Michelle Scharmach.

Kelly Angell indicated to deponents that they were forbidden by law to reveal information in depositions if that information were covered by attorney-client privilege.

[In fact, it is the lawyer
who must abide by
attorney-client privilege.
CLIENTS AND WITNESSES HAVE
NO OBLIGATION TO COVER UP
CRIMES OF LAWYERS.]


Kelly Angell caused deponents to believe that their careers might be in danger if they answered certain questions. Counsel is required to tell Chula Vista Elementary School District that it would be illegal to retaliate for any testimony given by defendants in depositions, and Chula Vista Elementary School District is forbidden by law to retaliate for such testimony. Counsel was clearly trying to intimidate and manipulate witnesses, on behalf of herself, the JPA, and CVESD, to commit perjury...

The full tort claim can be found HERE.

Kelly Angell Minnehan now works at Fagen, Friedman and Fullfrost.