| About Margaret Hick's employment with AIG and
events that led to her termination and claims of bad faith practices by AIG Life Insurance
of Canada. |
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(36) October 1, 2002: E-mail to Blaney
McMurtry from Ron Hicks about website modifications that were done.
This e-mail was sent hoping that I could keep a vehicle open for communications by showing
some good faith by modifying some of the pages and offering to remove the articles
completely if Margaret got her short-term disability benefits.
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(37) October 7, 2002: E-mails to and from
Blaney McMurtry about Margaret's short-term claim
We contacted a lawyer who told us Insurance Companies must act in good faith when handling
claims. He suggested we try everything possible as there was nothing he could do for us
until Margaret's claim was either denied or approved. He said it should take no more than
eight weeks for the most complicated cases.
If it takes more time than that, and depending on the length of time to get an answer he
would act for us in a "Bad Faith Claim" against AIG whether Margaret's case was
approved or denied. |
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| (38) October 8, 2002: Letter to Tower
Administrative Services The letter deals with the fact that, Margaret
and I know, AIG were trying everything (at the time of this writing) to do everything
possible not to pay Margaret her short-term disability benefits. At this point we assumed
AIG feared that, if Margaret got her benefits, it would be evidence that they caused her
physical and mental harm. The letter was to put them on notice that they could be held for
Vicarious liability for their bad faith dealing on behalf of AIG.
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(39) October 10, 2002: E-mails to and from
Blaney McMurtry about phone call from TAS
Phone call from TAS, more stalling tactics to delay short-term disability benefits.
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(40) October 10, 2002: Letter to AIG -
Margaret's notification of termination of employment.
Margaret's health was failing both mentally and physically. She had to do something to
give herself peace of mind. I feared from conversations with her doctors that their was a
possibility if her major depression got any worse she would be admitted to a hospital.
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(41) October 19, 2002: Letter from Ontario
Human Rights Commission regarding Margaret's complaint
I had several conversations with different members of the OHRC and I felt it was best not
to pursue our complaints with them as they gave me the impression they could not
impose a penalty great enough to compensate Margaret or punish AIG. They suggested I
pursue the matter in civil or criminal courts. |
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| (42) October 21, 2002:Letter from AIG that
they acknowledge Margaret's resignation |
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