Any attorney's in the house?

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2006
    Cool... glad things didn't have to get ugly for ya.

    enjoy.

    you owe me a beer. ;)
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2006
    Glad things worked out for you Brett!!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited July 2006
    Brett - glad it worked out! I'm guessing when presented with the facts, the in-house lawyer took a break to clean out his/her shorts and then said "pay da'man!".
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2006
    When I talked to her last week, she said that they'd been over it with Legal and they determined that I wasn't eligible etc etc and I told her "I'm having a hard time understanding how you're in any way able to justify that you notify me I get the package, set up a meeting to discuss the package, go over the package, deliver the package, and then only after I've left call and say 'Oops, you don't qualify' "to which she said she'll check back with them and get back to me.

    I've had to present them with the facts a few times over the past few years, and it always makes me happy to see the tail tuck back away......

    It's a bittersweet thing, most definitely.........I'd probably get at least double for them tryin to play the game they wanted to play......oh well.....lol.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited July 2006
    They felt vulnerable and probably would have lost a court case based on the facts as you descrive the. Their legal Dept. probably told them how much litigation would cost and they gave in pending the cost.

    Congrats Brett! I'm glad it worked out for you. Litigation would have taken three years:mad:
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2006
    I don't think Legal got the full story until the second time HR decided to tell them.......at that point, I'm sure it was a no-brainer.......

    It reminds me of a a quote they made several times a few years ago where the HR people said to me "If there's one thing we've learned in all of this, it's that we need to communicate more..." It makes me laugh just remembering it.....lol.
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  • bdaley6509
    bdaley6509 Posts: 1,167
    edited July 2006
    After hours of reading this post, I would like to know how much $$$ we got. Thank you.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2006
    If it took you hours to read this thread (I'm praying you didn't mean post), you should look for a refund on your education...... ;)
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  • bdaley6509
    bdaley6509 Posts: 1,167
    edited July 2006
    I was getting some 'action' while reading...and my education sucks ;)
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2006
    In my limited understanding of contract law (Real Estate Broker), there was an agreement or contract that only required one piece to be executed. That piece was the acceptance letter. This was a unilateral piece that bound the contract as opposed to a bilateral piece that would require actions on both sides. Usually a contract is only bound only by acceptance and valuable consideration unless specific provisions are stipulated otherwise. Their legal-ese in their non-generic agreement letter left them open to you singing and binding the contract whether it was "in the system" or not. In MA, you would be entitled to Treble damage and reasonable Attorney's fees (insert joke here).

    Cool that you got it sooner rather than later, but it would have been nice to "make those **** pay" three times over. F'em. Who's starting the Lawyer joke thread?
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2006
    I agree on the making the **** pay part.......oh well......now it's time to use up Cobra and job placement and squeeze every last penny out of the losers.
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