BETSON v. RITE AID CORPORATION DOREEN BETSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RITE AID CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. The jury found that Rite Aid did not inform anyone other than Betson that she had committed fraud, had stolen from Rite Aid, or had engaged in theft. She alleged that Rite Aid "falsely informed Betson that she was being terminated for stealing, knew that Betson would be forced to inform others of why Rite Aid claimed that she had been fired and in fact Betson told others what Rite Aid said to her. Betson claims she satisfied this requirement through the testimony of John Acosta, a Rite Aid district manager, in another case, Martinez v. Rite Aid (LASC Case No. BC401746). Rite Aid answered the first amended complaint as "Thrifty Payless, Inc. dba `Rite Aid' (erroneously sued herein as `Rite Aid Corporation') .

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