Too often, companies forget that they are made up of PEOPLE....not numbers.  While I don't know the circumstances of his employment agreement or subsequent termination, I would imagine that a leave of absence would have been better suited for both parties.  If a man cannot perform his duties due to health reasons, companies should not be tethered to that man forever....however, after 18 years I would assume that he'd earned more than a pink slip, at a difficult time.  I won't stop shooting Benelli shotguns, but I'll dang should file this as a "Business Lesson Learned", because I'd never want to be on the bad side of this deal.

I just browsed the link. I'm surprised that they haven't taken down all references to Benelli. If I'm the Beretta marketing VP, I'm already on the phone...(or Remington or Mossberg, et. al.)