Short summary from reddit:

• Former Green Beret Officer

• Joined Bank of America (BofA) through Veteran's program a year back

• Got placed on the financial institutions group (FIG) team - they advise financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, asset managers, etc. on M&A, capital raises amongst other things

• Was staffed on a deal that got announced earlier last week (UMB Financial's acquisition of HTLF for $2 Bn)

• On said deal, he was made to work 120 hours a week for 4 weeks straight and passed away this past week

• BofA FIG is notorious for its sweaty nature and the seniors boasted about which juniors worked the most Saturdays at the holiday party this past Christmas

• Group head is Gary Howe and he was personally involved on the deal that said associate worked - known to be toxic and has since deleted his LinkedIn profile as the news of this associate's death has spread

• Associate leaves behind a wife and two young kids

Ah, I should've checked before betting and not just assumed:

Resolves YES if the associate died from some stress/health-decline/exasperated-underlying-condition where the amount of work/externalities associated with overwork were major contributers, such that the particular acute physical harm would not be expected in a person otherwise of their age/health record sans the working conditions AND Howe was the proximate cause of them being overworked ignoring general "work your employees as hard as you can" culture?

Such that this market will resolve NO if the employee died from something like electrocution or choking on food, or the employee fought Howe's attempts to dissuade them from working more, or otherwise maintained an unhealthy work/life balance against the known and credible wishes/intent of Howe?

Like, obviously the proximate cause of death will be something like a pulmonary embolism or cardiac arrest - and Howe/BoA are going to push pretty hard on making it seem like a complete anomaly/personal choice/unfortunate mistake that was "no one in particular's fault."

I sorta expect the relationship between their death and the general managerial philosophy/directions of Howe is going to be pretty clear with a little reading between the lines. On the other hand, corporations and individuals in positions like this often go to extraordinary lengths to avoid being unambiguously known as responsible for outcomes like this. There could very well be persistent doubt, especially without a prompt criminal/neutral third-party investigation.

@NevinWetherill Should have been clearer in question phrasing/description. I think this resolution criteria works 👍

@sc5 Want to update the question description to reflect the new resolution criteria? You'd get more traders if they know how you'll resolve