Citizen: ‘City responsible for my medical expenses’

By PETE BANDA
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com

A San Benito man has been left with nearly $1,000 in medical bills after the City of San Benito refused his request for them to cover the costs of his medical attention that he says they are responsible for paying. John Garcia Sr. alleges he fell into a manhole left unsealed by City workers last May and sustained a severe gash to his shin.
According to Garcia, he asked the city to help pay for his medical expenses, but they denied his request claiming, “They told me to submit a request to the city but when I did, they said that they didn’t feel like the accident was their fault.” “Apparently because the loose manhole was never reported, they had no way of knowing it needed to be fixed,” Garcia said.

 

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