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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2016-3289
Claimant: James Tedesco
Claimant's Attorney: Robert Cannan, Esq., of Markman and Cannan, P.A., 391 Franklin Street, P.O. Box 1489, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003
Settlement Amount: $246,402.00
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department/Bus. Unit: NW024, Dept.: 24T, Div/Proj: 5T24, Account #96310
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, James Tedesco, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2016-3289 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an injury to his back, neck, head, ribs, left hand and left index finger after falling down icy, cement stairs while in the course of employment with the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Robert Cannan, Esq., of Markman and Cannan, P.A., and Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, The Woolridge Law Firm LLC ("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 Two Hundred Thirty- Nine Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($239,400.00.) minus a voluntary tender in the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($20,000.00) which totals Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($219,400.00). 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 ($26,328.00) Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Zero Cents made payable to Markman and Cannan, located at 391 Franklin Street, P.O. Box 1489, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003, a medical evaluation f...
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