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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: 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: $121,011.00
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department/Business Unit: NW024 Dept: 24T Div/Proj: 5T24 Account # 96310
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Miguel Fresse, instituted suit 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 or the City of Newark Department of Public Safety, Fire Division when he injured his right shoulder and right foot while fighting a fire; and
WHEREAS, 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 $107,711.00(One Hundred Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven Dollars and Zero 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 $12,926.00 (Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents), medical evaluation fee of $300.00 (Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents) and a transcription fee of $74.00 (Seventy-Four Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to $121,011.00 (One Hundred Twenty One Thousand Eleven Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is s...
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