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          member of its legal department, participated in the settlement              
          negotiations.  In order to settle the lawsuit, the Meadowlands              
          originally proposed that petitioner continue his employment with            
          the Meadowlands as a per diem employee, the common status of                
          other race track announcers at the Meadowlands, rather than a               
          full-time salaried employee.  The Meadowlands further proposed a            
          5-year contract that would essentially pay petitioner his current           
          salary but provide no fringe benefits.  In addition, petitioner             
          would work about 40 fewer nights during the year and not be                 
          required to handicap the horse races.  However, after petitioner            
          made negative comments about the Meadowlands to the local media,            
          the Meadowlands withdrew its proposal to allow petitioner to                
          continue in its employ as a per diem employee.  The Meadowlands             
          resumed settlement negotiations with petitioner and his counsel             
          with the sole desire to end petitioner’s employment with the                
          Meadowlands.  During the settlement negotiations, petitioner made           
          no request for compensation with respect to any physical injury             
          or physical sickness.                                                       
               On June 30, 1999, petitioner and the Meadowlands entered               
          into a Settlement Agreement and General Release (the settlement             
          agreement).  Under the terms of the settlement agreement,                   
          petitioner generally released the Meadowlands from “all actions             
          or claims * * * arising out of [petitioner’s] employment with               







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