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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2013-232
Claimant: David Ramos
Claimant's Attorney: Markman & Cannan, L.L.C.
Attorney's Address: P.O. Box 1489, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Settlement Amount: $109,354.00
Funding Source: Insurance Fund Trust
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, November 1, 2016
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, David Ramos, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2013-232 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on April 19, 2012, while employed as a Police Officer for the City of Newark Police Department, when his patrol car was rear-ended by a truck while stopped in traffic; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Markman & Cannan, L.L.C., Corporation Counsel and/or Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, P.C. ("Outside Counsel") have 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 $97,200.00 (Ninety Seven Thousand Two Hundred 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 $11,664.00 (Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and Zero Cents), a medical evaluation fee of $400.00 (Four 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 $109,354.00 (One Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Four Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, based upon all of the facts and circumstances surroundi...
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