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Dept./ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying ( X ) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claim
C.P. No.: 2013-22141
Claimant: Louis Mainero
Claimant's Attorney: Feeley & LaRocca
Attorney's Address: 76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 211, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
Settlement Amount: $54,782.00
Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel, October 20, 2020
Deferred 7R6-b 100720
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Louis Mainero, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. #2013-22141 against the City of Newark (the "City") seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of an accident that he sustained on May 22, 2013 while working for the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire when he felt chest pain while pulling a hose; 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") 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 Forty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($48,564.00). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City will also pay an attorney's fee of Five Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty- Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,828.00), 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 referred to fees amounts to Fifty Four Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($54,782.00); and
WHEREA...
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