Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2012-3375
Claimant: Lenn Gardner c/o John's Beeper Store, 950 South Orange Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07106
Claimant's Attorney: Pearl, Levy & Cicalese, Esqs.
Attorney's Address: 175 Fairfield Avenue, Suite 4B, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Settlement Amount: $83,370.00
Funding Source: Insurance Fund Trust Account
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, April 1, 2014
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Lenn Gardner, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2012-3375 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of injuries he sustained on March 25, 2011, while working for the Newark Department of Water and Sewer Utilities when a ladder broke and he fell into a hole, head first; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Pearl, Levy & Cicalese, Esqs. 175 Fairfield Avenue, Suite 4B, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006, Corporation Counsel and/or his/her designee, Chasan, Leyner & Lamparello, 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 Seventy-Four Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($74,000.00). 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 Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($8,880.00), a medical evaluation fee of Four Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($400.00) and a transcription fee of Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($90.00); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts ...
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