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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2019-5690
Claimant: Sean Williams
Claimant's Attorney: John Feeley, Esq. of Feeley and LaRocca, 76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 211, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
Settlement Amount: $53,016.80
Funding Source: Business Unit NW024, Dept. 24T, Div./Proj. 5T24, Acct #96310, Budget Ref. 2022
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Sean Williams instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2019-5690 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an alleged injury he sustained on October 26, 2016, to his left knee and right shoulder when he tripped and fell while fighting a fire while in the course of employment with the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, John Feeley, Esq., of Feeley & LaRocca, 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-Seven Thousand Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($47,002.50.) 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 ($5,640.30) Five Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars and Thirty Cents made payable to John Feeley, Esq., of Feeley & LaRocca, located at 76 South Orange Ave, Suite 211, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, a medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00), payable to Dr. Albert Johnson, M.D., located at 1460 Livingston Ave, North Brunswick, New Jersey 08902, and; a transcription fe...
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