Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 6:25:36 GMT -6
BRIDGEPORT — A local meat cutter has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Whole Foods saying he was fired after he complained that the Westport store was selling tainted meat.
In his lawsuit filed in Superior Court here, Angel Figueroa, 44, said he repeatedly complained to management that the meat department staff were not following accepted hygienic practices and was fired one day after he filed a complaint with the local health department.
“Instead of doing the right thing and taking the tainted products off the shelves, they choose to retaliate against an innocent employee,” said Figueroa’s lawyer, Thomas Thornberry, of Stratford.
Mark Cooper, director of the Westport-Weston Health District, confirmed that his office had inspected the Westport Whole Foods store on Jan. 20 following Figueroa’s complaint.
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Ex-worker-files-15M-lawsuit-against-Whole-Foods-7234413.php
In his lawsuit filed in Superior Court here, Angel Figueroa, 44, said he repeatedly complained to management that the meat department staff were not following accepted hygienic practices and was fired one day after he filed a complaint with the local health department.
“Instead of doing the right thing and taking the tainted products off the shelves, they choose to retaliate against an innocent employee,” said Figueroa’s lawyer, Thomas Thornberry, of Stratford.
Mark Cooper, director of the Westport-Weston Health District, confirmed that his office had inspected the Westport Whole Foods store on Jan. 20 following Figueroa’s complaint.
Read more: www.ctpost.com/local/article/Ex-worker-files-15M-lawsuit-against-Whole-Foods-7234413.php