What a bunch of incompetent boobs the Chipotle management are. There explanation seems fishy : 'For example, Chipotle said it had a video that showed that Ortiz "took out the money, fanned the bills, and looked over her shoulder to make sure no one was watching," really - who would be that stupid ?? Why not say she decided to count it on camera while 'looking over her shoulder' ?
Ortiz denied it, and when asked to see the evidence, and later took the company to court, Chipotle said it had lost the video, apparently by taping over it. It also "deleted text messages and lost notes about the reasons for firing Ortiz," according to Lopez.
The jury thus apparently accepted Ortiz's claim that she'd been framed, allegedly in response to her filing a worker's compensation claim, and then refusing to lie about her injuries (as her supervisor allegedly pushed her to do).
"The theft claim was ridiculous," one of Ortiz's lawyers said, according to Lopez's report, "because company officials had repeatedly given Ortiz outstanding performance reviews ... She was making $70,000 a year as a general manager and company officials had talked about promoting her to a position that would have paid her at least $100,000."
Sitting on the jury, I doubt I'd believe the company. As for pressure to change or withdraw a compensation claim - I had the same thing happen to me as a student. Worried about insurance , I was told I would get fired if I submitted the claim. Student work was hard to come by so I took an offer to work at home then a desk job until I was better.
