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Zamora died in August 1993. Cruz was hired as Zamora’s
assistant 2 weeks before Zamora died. Cruz’s employment was
terminated after 3-1/2 weeks--1-1/2 weeks after Zamora died. In
December 1993, Alvarado was hired as EAPR’s manager. During the
5 or so months after Zamora died and before Alvarado was hired, a
number of EA’s employees came to Puerto Rico on 2-week details to
do the necessary work.6 Once hired, Alvarado served as EAPR’s
manager until the summer of 1996.
As EAPR’s manager, Alvarado supervised two or three PPI
employees in charge of managing materials, from raw materials
through work in process to finished goods. Alvarado supervised
PPI employees who worked on inventory control and saw to it that
they entered the correct data into the computer for operation of
the MRP systems. In general, Alvarado did not deal directly with
the assembly line operation. However, if he saw mistakes being
made, then he saw to it that the mistakes were corrected. Also,
PPI called him in for assistance “If things were going wrong”.
6Much of the material in this item F. EAPR’s Manager and
Officers, is based on statements in unsigned declarations by Cruz
and Alvarado, attached to an affidavit submitted by respondent.
Petitioners’ counsel agreed that they would not raise hearsay
objections to these declarations. On brief, petitioners contend
that documents from personnel files which petitioners provided to
respondent would “definitely establish” that Zamora died on Oct.
16, 1993 (not in August 1993), and that Cruz was hired after Oct.
16, 1993 (not 2 weeks before Zamora died). No such personnel
file documents are before us. In any event, the essential thrust
of our conclusions would not be affected by the modifications
that might be required by the above-described personnel file
documents.
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