Yes, you read correctly. David Drumm, the former CEO of Anglo-Irish Bank, "claims Anglo owes him some €2,620,695 in salary, pension and deferred bonus payments and also wants damages, including damages for “mental distress”. (Drumm is the individual who fled Ireland and was tracked to Connecticut by Charlie Bird on RTÉ earlier this year,
here).
Full story here:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0730/breaking71.html
The gall of it all makes me speechless.