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Approve the proposed negotiated settlement of the workers’ compensation claim of a retired Roads-Stormwater equipment operator stemming from a 2016 workplace injury (Claim #731925) for the total amount of $107,902.23, inclusive of attorney’s fees and costs. Countywide (Lorie Bailey Brown, CFO/Resource Management Director)
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Division:
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Resource Management - Risk Management
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Authorized By:
Lorie Bailey Brown, CFO/Resource Management Director
Contact/Phone Number:
Bill Telkamp, Risk Manager/407-665-5258
Background:
Claimant is a retired Roads-Stormwater equipment operator who has requested, through his attorney, to come to a washout settlement of his workers’ compensation claim. A negotiated settlement, subject to Board approval, has been negotiated for the total amount of $107,902.23, inclusive of the $37,902.23 cost of an annuity-funded Medicare Set-Aside and attorney's fees and costs. Under the terms of the negotiated settlement, the claimant agrees to a complete, entire, and final release and waiver of any and all benefits - past, present, and future - that the claimant is, or may be, entitled to under Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, for this claim, and any other claims, causes of action or rights that the claimant may have. Claimant agrees, in the event that he dies before the funds in the Medicare Set-Aside Account are depleted or the annuity exhausted, the balance of these accounts shall revert to the County in accordance with applicable Medicare Set-Aside rules.
Requested Action:
Staff requests the Board approve the proposed negotiated settlement of all outstanding claims, causes of action or rights that the claimant has or may have for the total amount of $107,902.23, inclusive of attorney's fees and costs, and authorize staff and counsel to execute all necessary settlement documents.