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i 1 I Former School Board Employee Settles Dismissal Suit Out of Court The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 14,1984 11 The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education and a former , employee have settled ; a wrongful dismissal ; suit out of court. ! Bob Spooner worked ; in the board's purchas- ; ing department for 13 ; years, and was super- ; visor when he was fired ; in June of 1983; he sued ' the board for $61,000, a total which reflected ; one year's $36,000 salary salary plus $25,000 in punitive punitive damages. The amount settled on is not being released at this ; time. I The out of court settlement settlement is only verbal at this stage, and has yet ' to be signed by both | parties. | Mr. Spooner, who now works for a car dealer in Cobourg, says he feels "vindicated" ; by the settlement but j feels his opportunities ; for work with other boards has been permanently permanently damaged. "I'm delighted it's over...it's an awful burden burden on you and your family. But for me to get into the field of work I've done all my life is now very difficult. When (other boards) inquire inquire as to why you left after all these years, and you tell them you were dismissed, they don't care to know why. " The fact you were dismissed dismissed is strike one; the fact you had the audacity audacity to take them to court, and won, then means you're looked on as a rebel. It's a Catch- 22 situation," Mr. Spooner says. The settlement was reached between lawyers for both parties in a pre-trial conference conference with a judge of the Ontario Supreme Court. Mr. Spooner puts the dismissal down to "per- Real Estate JOSEPH BOSCO Manager 623-3393 Bowmanville ANNOUNCING W. FRANK "CERTIFICATE SALES TRAINING PROGRAMME" ATTENTION: EXPERIENCED SALES AGENTS, PERSONS TAKING THE REAL ESTATE COURSE AND PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE AS A CAREER ! 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