Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2017-11949
Claimant: Termain Calloway
Claimant's Attorney: Craner Satkin Scheer Schwartz & Hanna
Attorney's Address: 320 Park Avenue, P.O. Box 367, Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076
Settlement Amount: $33,957.00
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Termain Calloway, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2017-11949 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on July 27, 2016, while working for the City of Newark Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation, while he was lifting garbage; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Craner Satkin Scheer Schwartz & Hanna, Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C., ("Outside Counsel") the Parties 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 $29,970.00 (Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy 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 $3,597.00 (Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Seven 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 $33,957.00 (Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, this settlement ...
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