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Decline in Petitioner’s Employment Relationship With PCI
After retiring, Mr. Hoiland traveled extensively. While
traveling, Mr. Hoiland called petitioner and threatened to fire
her if she did not sleep with him when he returned. Petitioner
feared that Mr. Hoiland, a recovering alcoholic, was drinking
again, and she attributed his advances to a relapse. Petitioner
called the personnel manager for PCI, who encouraged her to
prepare and file a summary of her conversation with Mr. Hoiland.
Mr. Hoiland apologized to petitioner when he returned from his
vacation and explained that he had, indeed, been drinking.
Petitioner’s relationship with Mr. Hoiland and PCI
deteriorated rapidly after this exchange with Mr. Hoiland. Mr.
Hoiland fired petitioner in September 2001. Petitioner
informally asserted a claim against PCI for damages after PCI
terminated her employment. Petitioner and PCI engaged in
mediation to settle the claim. Petitioner, through her counsel,
alleged that the $160,000 payment was a bonus during mediation.
The mediation resulted in petitioner’s receiving a $100,000
settlement, of which $25,000 was allocated to back wages and
$75,000 to general damages, attorney’s fees, and costs.
Petitioner and PCI also waived all other claims against one
another as part of their mediation agreement. The tax treatment
of the mediation settlement is not in dispute.
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