Worker Fails to Raise Triable Issue of Fact for Retaliation Claim

A Trader Joe's employee failed to raise a triable issue of fact about whether she reported a workplace injury or unsafe condition before she was fired, a California appeals court said in affirming a lower court decision dismissing a retaliation claim. Luz Ortiz alleged that Trader Joe's fired her after she told a supervisor in September 2019 that another worker had hit her brother, also a store employee, with a produce cart.  A couple of days later, she was fired for what the company called unprofessional conduct. In a 2021 complaint, Ortiz claimed that the company's justif...