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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2014-11280
Claimant: Quawee A. Elmore
Claimant's Attorney: David Bolson, Esquire
Attorney's Address: 76 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
Settlement Amount: $37,917.00
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, Petitioner, Quawee Elmore, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2014-11280 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on March 5, 2014 while working for the City of Newark Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services, Division of Sanitation, when he injured his left shoulder during a lifting episode; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, David Bolson, Esquire, Acting Corporation Counsel and/or Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo ("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 $33,507.00 (Thirty-three Thousand Five Hundred Seven 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 $4,020.00 (Four Thousand Twenty Dollars and Zero Cents), medical evaluation fee of $300.00 (Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents) and a transcription fee of $90.00 (Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to $37,917.00 (Thirty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, based upon al...
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