Walgreens Manager Says She Was Fired for Calling Police on Alleged Shoplifter

Walgreens Manager Says She Was Fired for Calling Police on Alleged Shoplifter
The Walgreens logo is displayed at a Walgreens store in Los Angeles on Oct. 31, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—A former shift manager at the Walgreens store in Huntington Park is suing the pharmacy store chain, alleging she was wrongfully fired in 2023 for calling the police on a person she suspected of being a shoplifter and who later threatened to file a lawsuit.

Marisela Ramos’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges wrongful termination, retaliation and failure to provide a safe place of employment. Ms. Ramos seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

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