87. Jeannette Ortiz: Chipotle Gets Grilled - How $600 Accusation Came With an $8 Million Price Tag

Jeanette Ortiz had been working at the Chipotle across the street from Fresno State for 14 years. She worked 50 hours a week and made $72k a year., not a bad salary for the fast food industry. While this may seem like a lot of money, Jeanette had 9 children to house and feed. She was going through some financial difficulties when she filed a workers' compensation claim in December of 2014. She continued to work through January the following year when she went on medical leave. While she was out, Jeanette was informed by her supervisors she was being fired for stealing. They accused her of taking $636 from the store's safe, but she was not allowed to see the video. Jeanette was adamant she did not take that money, she even had another manager from the store that could vouch for it. It appeared Chipotle may have had other motivations for firing Jeanette, listen now to hear how it played out in the courtroom. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/14/chipotle-wrongfully-accused-a-manager-of-stealing-636-she-just-won-millions-in-court/ https://www.thebalancesmb.com/history-of-chipotle-mexican-grill-3973222 https://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-pay-ex-manager-8-million-in-wrongful-termination-case-2018-5 https://bplaw-inc.com/warren-r-paboojian/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/punitive_damages https://www.ttla.com/index.cfm?pg=mcdonaldscoffeecasefacts https://www.fastcompany.com/90714685/we-are-fast-food-executives-if-our-industry-is-to-survive-workers-need-a-greater-voice