Tuesday, August 24, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 221
Relating to: presumption of parenthood when the egg or sperm is donated or when a surrogate mother gives birth to the child.
By
Senator
Baumgart
, by request of Jerry McCabe.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Claims Board
August 17, 1999
The Honorable, The Senate:
Enclosed is the report of the State Claims Board covering the claims heard on July 29, 1999.
The amounts recommended for payment under $5,000 on claims included in this report have, under the provisions of s.
16.007, Stats., been paid directly by the Board.
The Board is preparing the bill(s) on the recommended award(s) over $5,000, if any, and will submit such to the Joint Finance Committee for legislative introduction.
This report is for the information of the Legislature. The Board would appreciate your acceptance and spreading of it upon the Journal to inform the members of the Legislature.
Sincerely,
Edward D. Main
Secretary
STATE OF WISCONSIN CLAIMS BOARD
The State Claims Board conducted hearings in the State Capitol, Room 416 North, Madison, Wisconsin on July 29, 1999, upon the following claims:
Claimant Agency Amount
In addition, the following claims were considered and decided without hearings:
Claimant Agency Amount
The Board Finds:
S238
1. Robert Stobb of Oshkosh, Wisconsin claims $330.00 for damage to his garage door. In April 1999, the claimant was driving a DOA Fleet vehicle equipped with a 3' x 5' trailer. The claimant states that while he was backing into his driveway, he misjudged the overall length of the vehicle and trailer and backed into his garage door, causing damage to the door. The claimant believes he should be reimbursed for the cost of fixing the garage door, since the damage occurred while he was driving a DOA vehicle. The DOA recommends denial of this claim. It is apparent that the damage to the claimant's garage door was caused by his own "misjudgment." While the claimant may have an insurance claim, the DOA does not believe there is any liability on the part of the state for self inflicted damage to the claimant's property, accidental or otherwise. The Board concludes there has been an insufficient showing of negligence on the part of the state, its officers, agents or employes and this claim is not one for which the state is legally liable nor one which the state should assume and pay based on equitable principles.