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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2014-13955
Claimant: Dionisio Ramos
Claimant's Attorney: Mindas and Morris; 150 Morris Avenue, Suite 201, Springfield, New Jersey 07081
Settlement Amount: $57,333.24
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department/Business Unit: NW024 Dept.: 24T Div/Proj: 5T24 Account # 96310
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Dionisio Ramos, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2014-13955 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on February 7, 2014, while working for the City of Newark Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation when he injured his lumbar spine after being involved in a motor vehicle accident; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Mindas & Morris, Corporation Counsel 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 $46,122.24 (Forty-Six Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City of Newark will also pay an attorney's fee of $10,221.00 (Ten Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Zero Cents), medical evaluation fee of $900.00 (Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents) and a transcription fee of $90.00 (Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to $57,333.24 (Fifty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and Twenty Four Cents); and
WHEREAS,...
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