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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2009-31509
Claimant: Anderson C. Walker III
Claimant's Attorney: David A. Bolson, Esq.
Attorney's Address: 76 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
Settlement Amount: $38,426.00
Funding Source: Insurance Fund Commission
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel , October 1, 2013
No Action Taken 7R7-b 100213
No Action Taken 7R7-b 101013
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Anderson C. Walker III, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. No 2009-31509 against the City of Newark seeking Workers' Compensation Benefits, as a result of an accident that he sustained on November 2, 2009 while working for the Newark Police Department; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, David A. Bolson, Esq., Corporation Counsel and/or its designee, Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, 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 Thirty-Four Thousand Fifty Dollars ($34,050.00). 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 Four Thousand Eighty-Six Dollars ($4,086.00), a medical evaluation fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and a transcription fee of Ninety Dollars ($90.00); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars ($38,426.00); and
WHEREAS, based upon all of the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter, Corporation Counsel and/or its designee, Chasan L...
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