He won a wrongful termination lawsuit and spent what he earned on items from the store where he worked

In the last few hours it has been learned that a former employee of the Mexican appliance store Elektra he won a wrongful termination lawsuit and spent what he earned on items from his old job.

Images of the police seizing the Elektra branch in Cancun have gone viral on social networks. Most users celebrated the “triumph” of man.

Is that this person, according to the newspaper El Milenio, was unfairly fired and underwent a four-year legal process against his previous employer to collect what he had to pay him for his six years as a local employee.

By law, the employee, the worker – who had finished his job as manager – it was up to him to collect 750 thousand Mexican pesos (about $40,850), but the administration refused to pay him.

Eventually, the man consulted with experienced lawyers and won the case, for which the company had to pay him whatever it owed.

El Milenio explained that the man has collected his debt in Elektra articles and in the various photos circulating on the networks we see a group of policemen taking appliances from the branch.

The controversial answer of the president of Elektra

Ricardo Salinas Pleegothe Mexican entrepreneur who, among other things, is president of Grupo Elektra, expressed his opinion on his Twitter account and has caused controversy.

“Now, if I have time to speak my mind: congrats to whoever goes to trial and wins… well deserved, it will take me 1.3 minutes of my life to get that $750,000 pesos back, maybe as soon as I finish writing this tweet,” he wrote, adding, “Everyone has the right to defend themselves.”

To close, he added together with a laughing emoji: “It would be nice to hire that lawyer to counter-suit. I certainly like to see that those who are happy with something like this agree that they should defend themselves, go to court and that the law decides it, that’s why I always do it this way!”

A “frivolous” million dollar lawsuit

Staying on topic, it’s worth mentioning when late last year a woman sued the Kraft Heinz Company for $5 million because, according to her, cheese shells velvet They take longer to make than indicated on the packaging.

“Consumers are led to expect the product to be ready for consumption in a shorter period of time than it actually takes to prepare it,” reads the lawsuit the woman filed through a New York law firm in West Palm Beach , United States, together with Sheehan and Associates, a New York firm led by the expert in litigation against large companies, Spencer Shehan.

Amanda Ramirezwho lives in Florida, accused Kraft of deceptive and fraudulent packaging.

I was convinced that these microwaveable Velveeta shells and spaghetti cheese take over 3 1/2 minutes to prepare even though the package says “ready in 3 1/2 minutes”.

According to NBC News, Kraft Heinz representatives sent a statement to TODAY Food saying they are “aware of a frivolous cause” and that they will defend themselves “strongly against the accusations”.

For his part, Ramírez said he would seek 5 million damages, “including legal and punitive damages without including interest and costs”.

For her, the product retails for a “premium price” that costs “about no less than $10.99 for eight 2.39-ounce glasses, excluding sales and taxes.”