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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2010-32600
Claimant: Dennis Sanders
Claimant's Attorney: Birkhold & Maider
Attorney's Address: 189 Franklin Avenue, Suite 1, Nutley, New Jersey 07110
Settlement Amount: $38,170.00
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Dennis Sanders, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2010-32600 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on October 26, 2010, while working for the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, Police Division, when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident.
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Robert Maider, Esq., Corporation Counsel and/or Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C. ("Outside Counsel") the parties 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 $27,560.00 (Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixty 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 $9,920.00 (Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Dollars and Zero Cents), medical evaluation fee in the amount of $600.00 (Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents) and a transcription fee of $90.00 (Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is subject to approval by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation; and
WHEREAS, the total settlement amount may be subject to minor changes in amount or distribution at the time the Settle...
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