Case 1:03-cv-02485-MSK-PAC
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Martha L. Liphard 1/23/2006 Camille Melonakis-Kurz, et al. v. Heartland Home Finance, Inc.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRIC COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
4 CAMI LLE MELONAKI S - KURZ,
5 indi vidually and on behal f
6 of other similarly si tuated
7 employees,
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8 Plaintiffs,
vs.
Civil Action No.
03-CV-2485 (MSK/PAC)
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11 HEARTLAND HOME FINANCE, INC.,
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The Videotaped Deposi tion of MARTHA L. LIPHARD,
Taken at 120 North Washington Square,
Lansing, Michigan,
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Commencing at 4:49 p.m.,
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Monday, January 23, 2006,
Before Patricia A. Way, CSR-1201.
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I believe you testified earlier that -- wait a second.
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Were there any other times that you worked less than
40 hours?
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Not tha t I remember.
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Earlier you testified that you were not aware that
there was a policy requiring loan officers to get pre-approval for overtime hours, correct?
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Right.
Did you have an employment agreement while you were a
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loan officer?
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I may have signed something in the beginning.
I don't
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13 MARKED BY THE REPORTER: 14 DEPOSITION EXHIBIT NUMBER 3
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Q.
You've just been handed what's been marked as
Exhibi t 3, and you don't have to go through the whole
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document, but if you could just verify for me that
your initials are on the bottoms of the pages where it
says ini tial for those pages that have ini tials.
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It's not on the bottom of 14291.
Which has no initial on it, correct?
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Right. My goodness.
And is that your signature on the third page which is
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DEF 14299?
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Yes.
Can you turn to the fourth page of the document for
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me, DEF 14290, paragraph 6? You see where it says
employees duties?
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Uh-huh, yes.
Can you read for me Section (e) of paragraph 6?
Comply wi th all policies and procedures of the
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employer which relate to the verification of hours
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worked and pre-approved overtime hours.
And you initialed this page, correct?
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Yes.
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Did you read it?
Yes, but how many -- there's 13 pages and you're just
coming in to a new job.
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How many people really think
about what they write and what they sign but, yes, I
did.
I don't think I ever worked any hours wi thout
their knowledge. Wouldn't that be classified as
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approval?
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Well, you testified earlier, I believe, that you
didn't know if Billie Cray knew the hours you were
working, correct?
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Okay, Billie Cray.
and -- and Eric.
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But I'm speaking more of Alicia
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Eric.
So was Eric aware of all the hours you were
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