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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Ind. Courts - More on: Notre Dame sues former employee over tip
Updating this Oct. 15th ILB entry, WSBT South Bend has an Oct. 30th story by Alicia Gallegos reporting:
The University of Notre Dame and a former catering employee who accepted a mistaken tip of nearly $30,000 have settled their legal dispute.We hope she can strike a similar deal with the IRS.In court documents filed Wednesday, Sara Gaspar has agreed to pay back Notre Dame $16,859.79, about half of the original sum placed in her bank account.
The debt will be replenished slowly through payments of $50 each month, meaning that the entire debt likely would be repaid in about 28 years.
The case against Gaspar revolved around a mistaken gratuity that was placed in Gaspar’s bank account while she was a Notre Dame employee.
On April 17, the former catering employee was to be paid a gratuity of $29.87, but because of an error, court documents state, a total of $29,387 was deposited into her account.
Instead of returning the money, the recent lawsuit filed by the university claimed that Gaspar spent the extra cash on bills and a new car. * * *
As collateral to secure the agreement, Gaspar put up the car, a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta, she purchased earlier this year with cash from the large gratuity payment.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 31, 2009 08:19 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts