Opinion ID: 1058614
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Banks and Darnell Help Renaissance While Still at Mario

Text: Banks testified that Cook and Cassell did not ask or encourage her to divert projects from Mario to Renaissance. Nevertheless, after Cook resigned from Mario, Banks pretended to be Mario's sales representative. Banks thought Mario trusted her. Banks, however, admitted that she had no loyalty to Mario at all, and her only boss is her checkbook. Banks admitted that confidential quotes should normally not be sent to competitors because the information is commercially sensitive to Mario. Banks also knew that Mario expected her to act as its representative, and if [she] did a deal with a customer for which [Mario] gave a quote, [Mario] would be the manufacturer. Banks knew that Mario would not let her represent both Mario and Renaissance. Banks, however, admitted that, while representing Mario, she sent quotes to Renaissance instead of sending them to Mario. Even Cook conceded that Banks was disloyal to Mario and acted in her own best interest. Banks would send a confidential Mario quote to a competitor if it was to [her] advantage and [i]f it means putting a dollar in my checkbook. Banks diverted the following projects from Mario to Renaissance: Residence Inn Capitol, Fisherman's Wharf, Sheraton Key Largo, Big Sur Lodge, and Annapolis Marriott. Banks explained that she did this because she felt that [i]t would have either cost Mario money or Bette Banks money. I think that Mario has a whole lot more money than I do. On June 1, 2004, Banks resigned from Mario and joined Renaissance because Renaissance offered her a 10% commission. Similar to Banks, Darnell diverted the Hyatt Deerfield project from Mario to Renaissance. When Scutellaro confronted Darnell with this information, he resigned and joined Renaissance.