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Dep't/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2018-30978
Claimant: Alejandro Martin
Claimant's Attorney: Raoul Bustillo, LLC, 101 Hudson Street, 21st Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
Settlement Amount: $129,966.80
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Fund Code: Business Unit NW024 Department: 24T Division: 5T24 Account #: 96310
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Alejandro Martin, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Morris County, bearing C.P. #2018-30978 against the City of Newark (the "City") seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of an accident that he sustained on September 21, 2018, while working for the City; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Raoul Bustillo, LLC, Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon and Cappuzzo, 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 One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($115,400.00). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City will also pay an attorney's fee of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($13,852.80), medical evaluation fee of Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($600.00) and a transcription fee of Seventy-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($74.00); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this Settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Eighty Cents ($129,966.80); and
WHEREAS, this Settlement is subject to approval by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation; and
WHEREAS, the total Settlemen...
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