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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2018-9820
Claimant: Albert Gesualdo
Claimant's Attorney: Salzer & Salzer, LLC
Attorney's Address: 611 Main Street, Toms River, New Jersey 08753
Settlement Amount: $162,851.71
Funding Source: Business Unit 024, Dept. ID 24T, Div./Proj. 5T24, Account Code 96310
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Albert Gesualdo, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Ocean County, bearing CP Number 2018-9820 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of exposure that occurred from December 1977 to January 2004 due to residuals of prostate cancer; s/p suprapubic prostatectomy; bladder cancer; s/p multiple cystoscopic procedures; restrictive lung disease; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Salzer & Salzer, LLC, Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, ("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 One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($129,900.00). 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 Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($19,485.00), medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00), VA Lien of Thirteen Thousand Ninety-Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($13,093.00) and a transcription fee of Seventy-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($74.00); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Ei...
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