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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2017-26093
Claimant: Derrick Gully
Claimant's Attorney: Rothenberg Rubenstein Berliner & Shinrod
Attorney's Address: 70 South Orange Avenue, Suite 205, Livingston, New Jersey 07039
Settlement Amount: $44,877.00
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Derrick Gully, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2017-26093 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on October 16, 2016, while working for the City of Newark as a Laborer in the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Rothenberg Rubenstein Berliner & Shinrod, Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, 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 $39,720.00 (Thirty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty 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 $4,767.00 (Four Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents), medical 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 $44,877.00 (Forty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is subject t...
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