Resolution 12463 RESOLUTION NO. 12463
WHEREAS, on December 17, 1967, one Carral Lester Bryant, while
employed for the City of Miami Beach was injured when he ruptured the
plantaris tendon in the calf of his right leg, and
WHEREAS, the injured employee was examined and treated by the
City Physician, Dr. Leo Grossman and by Dr. Samuel Turek at the City' s
request, and
WHEREAS, the injured employee was also examined by Dr. Bret
Lusskin, M. D. , and given a "minimal" permanent partial disability
rating with respect to his leg, which rating customarily amounts to
5% of the leg or $490. 00 in this case, and
WHEREAS, if the said employee is successful in his Workmen's
Compensation case, the City might well be liable to pay workmen' s
compensation benefits in excess of $1, 000. 00, and
WHEREAS, it is felt by the legal department that it is in the
best interests of the City to enter into a compromise settlement
stipulation under the provisions of §440. 20 (10) , Florida Statutes, as
amended 1965, such settlement to be in the total amount of $550. 00
payable to the claimant and his attorney, and
WHEREAS, the payment of the sum hereinbefore set forth will
discharge forever the City' s liability of every description for past,
present and future Workmen' s Compensation benefits payable as a
result of the accident of December 17, 1967, and
WHEREAS, the Order of the Judge of Industrial Claims approving
the settlement stipulation will not be subject to modification or review,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interests
of the City to enter into a final settlement stipulation upon the terms
hereinbefore set forth;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH that the legal department be authorized to enter into
final settlement stipulation with Carral Lester Bryant and his attorney,
and if said agreement is approved by the Judge of Industrial Claims, the
Mayor and Finance Director and Insurance Manager be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to comply with the Order of the Judge approving
said stipulation.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 1968.
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