Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Columbia, MD, USA) was sued in the District Court of Maryland for non-payment of legitimate employee business expenses. The complaint asserted that Mr. Gerry Carder (Human Resources Manager) was advised on four different dates about these overdue obligations. The Plaintiff stated that "a certified letter of demand was sent to Mr. Shingo Takimoto (President, SSI).... requesting prompt remittance of the total amount due." The complaint continued that "since other corporate employee(s) have not been reimbursed for business expenses in the past and because: a) I [the plaintiff] have not received the expense check(s) in question, b) had no explanatory letters sent to me, or c) received no follow-up phone calls, I [the plaintiff] instituted this action to remedy this irksome situation." The complaint concluded that Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Defendent) had been warned that the Plaintiff would pursue any troubling unresolved issues in a another forum as a last resort.

Following the presentation of overwhelming incontrovertible evidence by the Plaintiff at a May 5, 1997 trial, the Plaintiff was awarded $598.50 in the District Court of Maryland for Howard County (USA). The Court noted that the pre-trial motions filed by the Defendant were not allowed under the relaxed rules of procedure used in small claims court. Undoubtedly, the Defendant's attorney was very cognizant of these relaxed rules but still chose to hinder and harass the Plaintiff with legal paperwork in a blatant attempt to befuddle and out-lawyer the Plaintiff.

We have learned of other cases in which Shimadzu employees were not reimbursed for legitimate business expenses.... Terry Adams, a Shimadzu regional manager received a ~$1000 late paperwork penalty. We would gladly entertain any factual contributions!