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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2013-3212
Claimant: Wilfredo Gonzalez
Claimant's Attorney: Feeley & LaRocca
Attorney's Address: 76 South Orange Avenue, #211, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
Settlement Amount: $32,434.00
Funding Source: Insurance Fund Commission
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Wilfredo Gonzalez, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Bergen County, bearing C.P. Number 2013-3212 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on February 13, 2011, while working for the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, Police Division, when he injured his cervical spine in a motor vehicle accident; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Feeley & LaRocca, Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C., ("Outside Counsel"), 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 Twenty-Eight Thousand Seventy-Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($28,075.00). 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 Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars and Zero Cents ($3,969.00), medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00) and a transcription fee of Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($90.00); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referenced fees amounts to Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($32,434.00); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is subject to approval by the Ju...
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