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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2019-17230
Claimant: Sonia Rogers
Claimant's Attorney: Epstien Law Firm, PA
Settlement Amount: $53,234.48
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Sonia Rogers, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2019-17230 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of an injury to her left foot when she slipped and twisted her left ankle while walking down a flight of stairs during her course of employment with the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, Division of Code Enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, April Gilmore, Esq., of Epstein Law Firm, P.A., 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 Nine Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and Zero Cents ($46,929.00.). 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: Five Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($5,631.48) made payable to: Epstein Law Firm, P.A., located at 340 West Passaic Street, Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662, a medical evaluation fee of Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($600.00) payable to: Dr. Jay Zaretsky, M.D., located at 100 Hamilton Plaza, 3rd Floor, Paterson, New Jersey 07509, and a medical evaluation fee of Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($600.00) made payable to: Dr. Steven Dane, M.D., located at 100 Hamilton...
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