A fire started by an Oasis watercooler destroyed this company, and Chubb insurance is refusing to pay because the owner was risking his life rescuing a cat and six kittens and not some data tapes from the burning office building!
When I took that cat into the office to have her kittens, I knew she must have been somebody's pet, with a name and a home and a family. Then all of a sudden that same family throws her out miles from her home in sub-freezing weather. She must have been thinking, "What could I POSSIBLY have done to make them so mad at me?"
I don't really consider myself any kind of hero, but I couldn't just let them all burn to death, could I? I don't know about anybody else, but I personally couldn't live with that.
Yes, I'd do the same thing again, even if I knew we were going to lose our jobs. I know now how that mother cat must have felt before I showed up that night, while the fire was spreading through her 'home', endangering the lives of her kittens: Frustrated, Helpless, Terrified and Hopeless. Please help us!
e-mail
Dan Judd at Electronic Product Development, Inc.
EPD is asking everyone to please help us spread the word about this disgusting behavior. Boycott Oasis Watercoolers, don't insure with Chubb Insurance, and above all:
Make SURE there is not an Oasis Watercooler in your home, or where your children go to school.
If your child is hurt or, God forbid, killed by one of these Oasis Watercoolers, you won't want to hear, "Unfortunately, we don't insure children." It takes very little to check, and even less to replace it, and could save you so much grief. Let's face it, all we lost was our jobs and business. I'd hate to see someone else lose a child.
A list of Oasis' competitors, and other water product suppliers is available
here.
Read the article published in the
Pryor Daily Times
The cat and the man in the hat
...and the follow-up letter published in the
Pryor Daily Times
Real Heroes were Firefighters, Police
What it's like in a burning office...
...with your pockets full of kittens
...and the rest of the story:
Kittens saved, Jobs lost while Oasis and Chubb stonewall
Models, Actresses, MIS Managers, Truck Drivers, Insurance Adjusters, even Oasis employees also object to these sleazy tactics! Visit these
'copycat'
sites to see what they have to say.
Norm Murphy, Oasis Manufacturing:
"Didn't you have time to get both? Data and cats? We only pay for actual damages."
e-mail
Oasis Manufacturing
or call 800-950-3226
Glen Day, VP, Chubb Insurance:
"Unfortunately, we don't insure cats."
Donna Lovre, Chubb Public Relations Manager
"I am sorry but I still don't understand what the issue is."
e-mail
Chubb Insurance
or call 800-362-4822
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In a nutshell: EPD asked Oasis to pay for destroying our company and jobs; Oasis told us they would not, because I rescued kittens instead of our files; EPD sued Oasis for the cost of replacing our company(about $57,000); Oasis sued EPD and I for $703 million to shut us up. When other people began complaining about that, Oasis threatened to sue to shut them up!
PLEASE HELP US FIGHT OFF THIS DESPICABLE ATTACK!
If you would like to support EPD in our legal battle to protect our First Amendment Rights, please send a contribution to:
Eric J. Wittenberg Co., l.p.a.
Attorney And Counselor at Law
673 Mohawk Street Suite 102
Columbus, Ohio 43206
(614) 449-2450 Facsimile: (614)449-1411
Thank you very much, and I hope all of your new years are better than ours.
I also hope your business dealings involve people with a better corporate conscience than those we've encountered.
Electronic Product Development, Inc.
10 South Mill St.
Pryor Creek, OK 74361.
918-825-9394 FAX: 918-825-9395
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