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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2015-8343
Claimant: Terrance Newberry
Claimant's Attorney: Tobin Kessler Greenstein Caruso
Attorney's Address: 136 Central Avenue, Clark, New Jersey 07066
Settlement Amount: $22,970.00
Funding Source: Insurance Fund Trust
Additional Comments:
Sanitation employee
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, February 28, 2017
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Terrance Newberry, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2015-8343 against the City of Newark, seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on August 15, 2014, while working for the Newark Sanitation Department; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Tobin Kessler Greenstein Caruso, 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 $20,250.00 (Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Fifty 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 $2,430.00 (Two Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Dollars and Zero Cents), a medical evaluation fee of $200.00 (Two 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 fees referenced above amounts to $22,970.00 (Twenty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, based upon all of t...
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