Opinion ID: 705166
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Events After December, 1988

Text: 28 Seiler subsequently ordered Robert Bowe, its director of corporate security, to investigate Tomka's allegations. Bowe interviewed Conroy, Polonsky and some of the bar and hotel employees. See Deposition of Robert Bowe, January 21, 1991, at pp. 67-69, 127-29, 180-81. Although he failed to interview either Tomka or Lucey, Bowe concluded that Tomka had never been assaulted. He did find, however, that Polonsky had acted inappropriately because he had slept with Tomka when she was inebriated. Douglass Snook, who interviewed Lucey, then decided with other Seiler officials to terminate Polonsky because his attitude and behavior were detrimental to Seiler, and to reprimand and demote Lucey because he had overused his company charge card during the December 6 dinner. See Affidavit of J. Douglas Snook, dated November 6, 1993 (Snook Aff.), at Exh. A. 29 In January, 1989, Tomka spoke to Taylor by telephone on a number of occasions and asked him how long her benefits would continue. See Taylor Dep. at pp. 204-06. She also told him that she was thinking of pressing criminal charges as well as pursuing other remedies. Complaint at p 30. After conferring with Snook, Taylor told Tomka that Seiler would continue to pay for her counselling expenses and that her salary and benefits would also continue. Id. On February 1, 1989, Douglass Snook wrote to Tomka and advised her that her extended leave with full benefits and pay would end on February 15, 1989, and that she should report to Taylor to receive her next assignment. Snook Aff. at Exh. A. On February 10, Tomka responded that she was still undergoing medical tests and that she would be willing to supply Snook with the reports from those tests, but that in the interim she expected her salary and benefits to continue indefinitely. Id. at Exh. B. On February 20, Snook wrote Tomka that Seiler had not received any doctor's reports regarding Tomka's status, its investigation had concluded that the assaults had not occurred, and Seiler would discontinue her salary and place her employment on inactive status as of February 17, 1995. Id. at p 21. Tomka later sent Snook a copy of a doctor's invoice for $100 which prescribed psychiatric treatment. Tomka then commenced this action in December, 1989.