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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2019-22741
Claimant: Brisma Bertin
Claimant's Attorney: Rubenstein, Berliner and Shinrod
Settlement Amount: $52,720.72
Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Law Department/Bus. Unit NW024, Dept. 24T, Activity A, Div./Proj 5T24, Account #96310, Budget Ref. B2022
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Brisma Bertin, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of the State of New Jersey, County of Essex, bearing C.P. Number 2019-22741 against the City of Newark seeking Workers' Compensation benefits as a result of injuries alleged on August 6, 2019, when the petitioner alleges, he sustained injury to the face and right shoulder with loss of consciousness when he was physically assaulted by his coworker while employed by the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Shari Cohen, Esq., of the Rubenstein, Berliner, & Shinrod and Corporation Counsel and/or his designee, The Woolridge Law Firm LLC ("Outside Counsel") have agreed to amicably resolve and settle this matter under Section 22 of the Workers Compensation Act (N.J.S.A. 34:15-20) by payment in the amount of Forty-Two Thousand Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($42,006.00), plus Section 20, Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents, ($5,000.00) totaling Forty-Seven Thousand Six Dollars and Zero Cents. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation and the City of Newark who will also pay an attorney's fee of Five Thousand Forty Dollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($5,040.72), made payable to Shari Cohen, Esq., of the Rubenstein, Berliner,& Shinrod, 470 South Orange Avenue, Suite 205, Livingston, New Jersey 07039, a medical evaluation fee of Six Hundred Dollars and Zero C...
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