Saturday, October 21, 2006
Posted video depositions at pleban.org
Karen Pleban sent me the link to her site http://www.pleban.org/ where she posted not only the filings in her suit against the county for firing her because of her disability, but she also posted the video depositions:
http://www.pleban.org/defendants.htm
VERY COOL!!!!
I’ve been listening to and watching the Ernie Smith depo —it’s incredible how this guy lied on his resume and then was hired by the county. Just having the sound makes it so much better than a transcript, the pauses, how he’s trying to think of something to explain his lies.
It’s GREAT to see another consumer standing up for her rights. I know how much time it takes to maintain the website, thank you, Karen!
And of course good luck at trial!
Update: I listened to almost the entire Ernie Smith depo while working on my floor plan, have to finish today. Now I know why I’m not employed. Ernie kept talking about Karen being his “subordinate” and how he is entitled to run the department HIS way. He was in the military for many years and has the people skills of a rock.
Interestingly, he filled out the job application AFTER he got the job. The questioning about his experience revealed that he was absolutely NOT qualified for the position, which doesn’t seem to have a job description. I certainly also got jobs when I was a teen because of my parents’ “connections” and without ever filling out an application. But I didn’t think that this would fly for the job of IT administrator at a GOVERNMENT.
Ernie completely ignored Karen’s doctor’s note about lifting limitations and WROTE HER UP for refusing to lift equipment!
He also wrote her up for looking at the union website at work.
Ernie presented himself as a despicable human being and because this depo is available for public viewing, I hope he’ll never get a job with any kind of supervisory responsibilities again. Most employers do a Google search before hiring.
This is how litigation SHOULD work—publicly and forever exposing the assholes for what they are.
