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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Workers' Compensation
C.P. No.: 2018-9096
Claimant: Alphonso White
Claimant's Attorney: Gerard Tamburino, Esq., 292 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07105
Settlement Amount: $94,212.36
Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Law Department/Bus. Unit: NW024 Dept.: 24T Div/Proj: 5T24 Account #: 96310
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WHEREAS, the Petitioner, Alphonso White, instituted suit in the Division of Workers Compensation of New Jersey, Essex County, bearing C.P. #2018-9096 against the City of Newark (the "City") seeking workers' compensation benefits, as a result of an injury to his cervical spine after lifting a heavy garbage can for disposal on March 31, 2017, while employed by the City's Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation; and
WHEREAS, the following settlement negotiations through Petitioner's attorney, Gerard Tamburino Esq., 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. 34:15-22) by payment in the amount of Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Forty Cents ($83,516.40). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Order to be executed by the Judge of the Division of Workers' Compensation, the City who will also pay an attorney's fee of Ten Thousand Twenty-One Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($10,021.96) made payable to: Gerard Tamburino, Esq., located at 292 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07105, a medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00) payable to: Dr. Cheryl Wong, M.D., located at 100 Hamilton Plaza, 3rd Floor, Paterson, New Jersey 07509, and; a medical evaluation fee of Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($300.00) made payable to: Dr. Vijaykumar Kulkarni, M.D., ...
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