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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2007-31717
Claimant: Satia Baijnath
Claimant's Attorney: Mescall & Acosta
Attorney's Address: 80 Main Street, Suite 550, West Orange, New Jersey 07052
Settlement Amount: $99,173.75
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, August 2, 2016
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Satia Baijnath, instituted suit in the Division of Workers' Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2007-31717 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on July 3, 2007 while working for the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, James C. Mescall, Esq., Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Martin M. Glazer, Esq. ("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 Eighty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($85,275.00). 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 fee of Ten Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,235.00), a medical evaluation fee of Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($2,400.00), a transcription fee of Nine Hundred Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($990.00), and an additional Two Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($273.75) to Petitioner's attorney for Trial preparation expenses for a total settlement of Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy Three Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($99,173.75); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is subject to approval by the Judge of the Division of Work...
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