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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: Docket No. ESX-L-3043-22
Claimant: Rocio Restrepo
Claimant's Attorney: Berkowitz, Lichtstein, Kuritsky,
Giasullo & Gross, LLC.
Address: 75 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, New Jersey 07068
Settlement Amount: $1.75 Million
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
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WHEREAS, Plaintiff, captioned Rocio Restrepo, Individually and as the Administratix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Juan Restrepo v. City of Newark, et al, Docket No. ESX-L-3043-22, in which the plaintiff sought recovery for alleged violations of constitutional rights and for tort injuries sustained in 2020; and
WHEREAS, a settlement proposal has been made to resolve this litigation in its entirety by payment in the total amount of One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1.75 Million) (“Settlement Sum”), and execution of a Settlement Agreement and Release; and
WHEREAS, to avoid the costly expense of litigation, the Parties and the City’s Corporation Counsel desire to amicably resolve this matter with payment by the City of Newark of the Settlement Sum, in exchange for Plaintiff’s execution of the Settlement Agreement and Release (attached) as a full and complete release of the matter; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel, based upon all facts and circumstances presented, deems it is in the best interest of the City of Newark to resolve said matter by payment of the proposed Settlement Sum and execution of the Settlement Agreement and Release.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
The Corporation Counsel is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to execute and accept the terms of the Settlement Agreement and Release, attached hereto.
Upon receipt by the Corporation Counsel of all documents deemed ...
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