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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2021-29784
Claimant: William Magnusson
Claimant's Attorney: Joseph A. Burke, Esq.
Attorney's Address: Joseph A. Burke, Esq., 140 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Red Bank, NJ 07701
Settlement Amount: Not to exceed $834,425.14
approximately $202,021.14 is due by the first of four-installment payment
Funding Source: 024 Agency 24T Division 5T24
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, William Magnusson ("Petitioner") instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2021-29784 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of alleged occupational exposure injuries he sustained while employed by the Newark Fire Department from October 12, 1987 through and including his retirement on December 12, 2012, resulting in various forms of carcinoma cancer, including but not limited to parotid cancer, adenocarcinoma of the prostate, lymphoma, and squamous cell carcinoma, both while in the course of employment with the Newark Fire Department and further developing after his retirement; Petitioner was deemed to be totality disabled, in which his Date of Totality (the date Petitioner's total disability benefits are scheduled to begin) was stipulated to start on July 26, 2021 and end on or about March 11, 2030 (approximately 450 weeks after July 26, 2021), in the maximum weekly rate amount of $810 per week based on the 2012 rates (the year of Petitioner's retirement); and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Joseph A. Burke, Esq., of Joseph A. Burke, Esq., 140 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Red Bank, NJ 07701 and Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Ehrlich, Petrie...
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