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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2019-28806
Claimant: Kamal Brown
Claimant's Attorney: Andrew Topazio, Esq., of Marciano and Topazio
Settlement Amount: $49,944.24
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department/Business Unit: NW024 Dept.: 24T Div/Proj: 5T24 Account # 96310
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Kamal Brown, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Middlesex County, bearing C.P. #2019-28806 against the City of Newark (the "City") seeking Workers' Compensation benefits, as a result of alleged injuries sustained in 2019 as an occupational claim, related to the lumbar spine, bilateral hearing loss, post-traumatic stress disorder, tinnitus, and neurological injury during his course of employment by the City's Department of Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Andrew Topazio, Esq., of Marciano and Topazio, 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-Six Thousand Four Hundred Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($46,402.00). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City will also pay an attorney's fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($2,568.24,) made payable to: Marciano and Topazio., 927 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, a medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00), payable to: Dr. Gerald West, D.O., 505 Chestnut Street, Roselle Park, New Jersey 07204, a medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00), made payable to: Dr. J...
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