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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2014-29062
Claimant: Tomas Camacho
Claimant's Attorney: Law Office of Thomas J. Koehl, Esq., 203 Front Street, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094
Settlement Amount: $56,226.00
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Department of Law/Business Unit: NW024, Dept.: 24T, Div./Proj.: 5T24, Account #96310, Budget Ref.: B2023
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Tomas Camacho, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. Number 2014-29062 against the City of Newark seeking workers' compensation benefits as a result of an accident that he sustained on February 7, 2014 while working for the City of Newark Sanitation Department when he injured his left shoulder after throwing garbage bags; and
WHEREAS, following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Thomas Koehl, Esq., 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 $49,600.00 (Forty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred 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 $5,952.00 (Five Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and Zero Cents), medical evaluation fee of $600.00 (Six Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents) and a transcription fee of $74.00 (Seventy Four Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, the total value of this settlement with the above referred to fees amounts to $56,226.00 (Fifty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents); and
WHEREAS, this settlement is subject to approval by the Judge of th...
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