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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2020-5619
Claimant: Abdul-Rasheed Parker
Claimant's Attorney: Brian P. Campbell, Esq. Law Office of Brain P. Campbell
Attorney's Address: 199 Dune Avenue, Mantoloking, New Jersey 08738
Settlement Amount: $55,618.75
Funding Source: Fund Code: 024 | Dept. 24T | Division: 5T24 | Account # 96310
Aditional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Abdul-Rasheed Parker, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2020-5619 against the City of Newark seeking Workers' Compensation benefits as a result of alleged injuries sustained on November 7, 2019 while employed by the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Brian Campbell, Esq., on behalf of the Law Office of Brian P. Campbell, 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 Forty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($47,865.00). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City of Newark who will also pay an attorney's fee of Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($7,179.75); A medical examination fee of Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($500.00) made payable to Dr. Jay Zaretsky, M.D., located at 100 Hamilton Plaza, 3rd Floor, Paterson, New Jersey 07505 and a transcription fee of Seventy-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($74.00) made payable to Guy Renzi & Associates, Inc., located at 2277 State Highway #33 Suite 410 Trenton, New Jersey 08690 for a total s...
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