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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Purpose: Amended Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2018-34619
Claimant: Miguel Fresse
Claimant's Attorney: Gill and Chamas, LLC, 655 Florida Grove Road, P.O. Box 760, Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095
Settlement Amount: $49,401.89
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department/Bus. Unit: NW024, Department: 24T, Div./Proj.: 5T24, Account #96310, Budget Ref. B2024
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R6-e adopted on April 5, 2023, originally awarded a settlement amount of $121,011.00, however due to external issues and other settlements, the Proposed Order is significantly lessened to $49,401.89.
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WHEREAS, Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R6-e on April 5, 2023 authorizing a worker compensation settlement for Petitioner, Miguel Fresse, from a suit intuited in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Morris County, bearing C.P. Number 2018-34619 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of an accident that he sustained on November 28, 2018 while working for the City of Newark Fire Department for suit in the amount of $121, 011.00 (One Hundred Twenty- One Thousand Eleven Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, before the settlement could be finalized, petitioner had some pension issues and a third-party case settled, as a result, the amount owed on the proposed Order by the City is significantly less in the total amount ($49,401.89); and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Michael Rose, Esq., Gill & Chamas, LLC, and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C., ("Outside Counsel") has agreed to amicably resolve and settle this matter under Section 22 of the Workers Compensation Act (N.J.S.A. 34:15-22) by payment in the amount of $35,903.89 (Thirty Five Thousand Nine Hundred and Three Dollars and Ei...
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