It’s every fired worker’s fantasy.
A Bronx woman laid off by the maker of Viagra received a severance check for more than a half-million dollars -- by mistake.
And now her former employer, drug giant Pfizer, is whining that she’s playing “finders keepers, losers weepers.”
Company VP Janet Rodriguez, 54, had worked for Pfizer for 16 years before being let go in December 2009 amid a round of layoffs.
On March 31, 2010, Pfizer issued Rodriguez a check for $517,140.24.
But 3 1/2 months later, the manufacturer -- with projected revenues this year of $66 billion -- claimed it was all a big misunderstanding.
The company fired off four letters and hired a collection agency as they sought to recoup $411,288.49, the amount it claims Rodriguez was overpaid.
But she ignored Pfizer -- so the company filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court last week.
“By virtue of the fact that they bring this claim so late in the game, so long after their alleged mistake, [it] is just a cheap bullying tactic that we expect the court to see right through,” said her lawyer, Saul Zabell.
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