An employee was terminated in the aftermath of a change of ownership at a company, The employee’s wife had breast cancer at the time and he wanted to maintain health insurance coverage for the two of them. He asked at the office whether he would be able to continue coverage after his termination. On his last day of work, he was informed verbally that his health insurance would be continued. However, when his wife sought medical treatment about 9 months later, she was told that she had no insurance coverage. Did this employer violate COBRA?