File #: 12-0939    Version: 1 Name: 12-0939 Jacob's Limo Settlement
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 4/16/2012 In control: Law
On agenda: 6/7/2012 Final action: 6/7/2012
Title: Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation Docket No.: ESX-L-1791-06 and ESX-L-7321-09 (removed to Federal Court bearing Docket Number CV-09-6331) Claimant: Jacob’s Limousine Transportation, Inc. Claimant's Attorney: Jeffrey Kantowitz, Esq. Attorney's Address: Law Offices of Abe Rappaport, 195 Route 46 West, Suite 6, Totowa, NJ 07512 Settlement Amount: $300,000.00 Funding Source: Fund 025, Department 25T, Agency 5T25, Account 96320 Additional Comments: Invitation: Corporation Counsel, June 6, 2012Corporation Counsel (date to be entered by Office of the City Clerk)
Title
Dept/ Agency:  Law
Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Purpose:  Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.:  ESX-L-1791-06 and ESX-L-7321-09 (removed to Federal Court bearing Docket Number CV-09-6331)
Claimant:  Jacob's Limousine Transportation, Inc.
Claimant's Attorney:   Jeffrey Kantowitz, Esq.
Attorney's Address:  Law Offices of Abe Rappaport, 195 Route 46 West, Suite 6, Totowa, NJ 07512
Settlement Amount: $300,000.00
Funding Source: Fund 025, Department 25T, Agency 5T25, Account 96320
Additional Comments:  
                                     
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, June 6, 2012Corporation Counsel (date to be entered by Office of the City Clerk)          
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WHEREAS, two suits were instituted by Jacob's Limousine Transportation, Inc. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, County of Essex, bearing Docket Numbers ESX-L-1791-06 and ESX-L-7321-09, seeking recovery for alleged disparate treatment under the law by the City of Newark, and its employees, individually, the City Clerk of the City of Newark, the Taxicab and Limousine Commission of the City of Newark, the Taxicab Division of the City of Newark and the Manager of the Taxicab Division of the City of Newark; and
 
WHEREAS, the lawsuit bearing Docket No. ESX-L-7321-09 was removed to Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey, bearing Docket Number CV-09-6331 (PGS); and
WHEREAS, a proposal has been made to resolve said litigation by payment in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00), and
 
WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel based upon all facts and circumstances deems it in the best interest of the City of Newark to resolve this matter by making such payment.
 
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
    1. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to issue a check in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) made payable to Jacob's Limousine Transportation, Inc. in care of Jeffrey Kantowitz, Esq., of  The Law Office of Abe Rappaport, 195 Route 46 West, Suite 6, Totowa, NJ 07512, upon receipt by the Corporation Counsel of all documents deemed necessary.
    1. Annexed hereto is the Certification of the Comptroller of the City of Newark which states that there are available sufficient legally appropriated funds from Fund 025, Agency 25T, Organization 5T25 and Object 96320 for the purpose set forth hereinabove.  A copy of the Comptroller's Certification shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk along with this Resolution by the Municipal Council.
 
STATEMENT
 
The purpose of the within Resolution is the settlement of Civil Litigation in the amount of $300,000.00.