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Part 18: You Be The Judge – Who’s lying? The PEIC Case Study Continues
There are moments when a corporation’s behavior is so over the top you have to stop and wonder. The episode I will describe next is one of those moments. And believe me, it isn’t pretty. I’m going to go back over the EDD appeal hearing, of which you’ve already heard an excerpt of Daryl Tilghman’s testimony. That was bad enough, but to truly understand what was really going on I need to revisit it. Let’s recap a … Read entire article »
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Part 17: A Heated Conversation at the Cool Pool
It was October 15, 2010. I was in Las Vegas for a quick getaway, poolside at the Sahara hotel, when my cell phone rang. It was Carol LaPunzina of W.R. Berkley Corporation. She said she had talked to Daryl Tilghman on the phone and that “Daryl denied everything except the changing of your title without discussing it with you first.” She also said that Christine Lowery did not confirm my story about when Daryl had made … Read entire article »
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Part 16: A Poolside Call in Vegas
It was now about the middle of October, 2010, and I was still worried about my job. I had cleaned out my desk, in fact, anticipating the axe to fall any moment. My conversation with Carol LaPunzina about my letter did not fill me with confidence, and each day was a long one. My husband saw the pressure I was under and he suggested we make a quick getaway to relax a bit. He suggested Las Vegas … Read entire article »
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Part 15: W.R. Berkley starts the “investigation”
On October 8, 2010, I received a telephone message from Carol LaPunzina, senior vice president of human resources for W.R. Berkley Corporation. For privacy, I called her back while sitting in my car in the parking garage at work. We went over my letter and some of the bullet points, but it was very spotty and she jumped around a lot. She kept missing the significance of the issues I had written about in my … Read entire article »
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