- 3 - Some of petitioner’s loan customers competed directly with firms and enterprises of MG. During 1986 and 1987, MBL employees asked petitioner to provide confidential information about those specific loan customers. Adhering to his ethical and legal duties, confidentiality agreements and BCal policy, petitioner refused. Subsequent to his refusal, MBL employees gave petitioner negative performance evaluations and attacked his integrity. This situation grew so intolerable for petitioner that on December 30, 1987, 1 day before his pension vested, petitioner was forced to leave his job at BCal. Before and after petitioner left his job, he experienced insomnia, headaches, stomach problems, back and neck pain, and gum disease. Petitioner did not consider himself disabled, nor did he apply for disability insurance benefits. After he left BCal, petitioner actively searched for employment. He distributed resumes, went for job interviews, started businesses, and offered and performed consulting services. On November 15, 1989, almost 2 years after petitioner was forced to leave BCal, petitioner retained the law firm of Merten & Associates to file a lawsuit against BCal and MBL. In so doing, petitioner signed an agreement entitled “Contingent Fee Retainer Agreement” (Fee Agreement I). Fee Agreement I provided that petitioner’s attorneys would receive a percentage ofPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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