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File #: 2023-1161   
Category: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/16/2023 Type: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 11/14/2023 Final action: 11/14/2023
Title: Approve the proposed negotiated settlement of all workers' compensation claims by a retired firefighter, which includes a 2006 back injury claim (Claim #358438) and a 2020 hearing loss claim (Claim #1014581) for the total amount of $103,500, inclusive of attorney's fees and costs. Countywide (Bill Telkamp, Risk Manager)
Attachments: 1. Pando Separation Agreement and General Release, 2. Pando General Release of All Claims

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Approve the proposed negotiated settlement of all workers’ compensation claims by a retired firefighter, which includes a 2006 back injury claim (Claim #358438) and a 2020 hearing loss claim (Claim #1014581) for the total amount of $103,500, inclusive of attorney’s fees and costs.  Countywide (Bill Telkamp, Risk Manager)

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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 Seminole County firefighter who has requested, through his attorney, to come to a washout settlement of his workers’ compensation claims.  A negotiated settlement, subject to Board approval, has been negotiated for the total amount of $103,500, inclusive of 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 these claims, and any other claims, causes of action or rights that the claimant may have against Seminole County.

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Staff Recommendation:

Approve the proposed negotiated settlement of all outstanding claims, causes of action or rights that the claimant has or may have against Seminole County for the total amount of $103,500, inclusive of attorney's fees and costs, and authorize staff and counsel to execute all necessary settlement documents.