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Part 12: Page 4 of the PEIC Response to the DFEH
My last article mentioned that page 4 of the Preferred Employers Insurance Company official response to the DFEH was missing. But I have it now, and before I go on I wanted to touch on it a bit. As we know, PEIC claimed that Chrysti’s position was so important that no ADA accommodation could be made for Chrysti: “The Claimant’s primary role is to manage the Medical Provider Network. Preferred Employers Insurance Company is the only worker’s compensation … Read entire article »
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Part 11: PEIC Responds to the DFEH
On August 24, 2010, PEIC sent the DFEH their official response. The DFEH received it on August 25. I was never asked to contribute anything I might know and I never even saw it until after I was terminated. I first saw a copy after Chrysti Corkill’s lawyer, Josh Gruenberg, obtained a copy from the DFEH in early 2011. For some reason page 4 was missing. Nonetheless, let’s go through a few things in the response. I’ll … Read entire article »
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Part 10: The Big Chill
After Linda Smith learned about the DFEH complaint, she never came to me and inquired about the Chrysti Corkill matter. One might think she’d possibly want to speak to the person most familiar with Chrysti’s leave and the documents in her file, but that never happened. Under questioning by Josh Gruenberg, Chrysti Corkill’s attorney, Linda Smith explained why she never spoke to me (Ms. Koumas represented Linda Smith at the deposition): … Read entire article »
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Part 9: Preferred Employers Insurance Company – A Case Study of a Corporation Gone Wrong
All through the rest of July 2010, Daryl was supposed to be working on the response to Chrysti Corkill’s DFEH complaint. At some point he had met with Linda Smith and informed her what was going on. On August 4, 2010, Daryl complained to me about a phone call he’d just had with Josephine Raimondi, who is the corporate attorney for W.R. Berkley. This surprised me, because I knew it had to be about … Read entire article »
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