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Arby’s might have some trouble on their hands after the women was found in freezer
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:54 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:54 am
I know the story has already been posted but some new information came out. It looks like the family is opening a law suit and has employees saying they have been reporting the broken freezer for 9 months.
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Citing information from a former Arby’s employee whose identity was withheld, Le’s children allege the latch to the door of the walk-in freezer had been broken since at least August last year. Employees were using a screwdriver to help open and close the door, the suit says, adding that workers also used an oil box to keep the door open. Staff reported the broken door to local management as well as Le’s supervisor in Houston, the suit says. The former employee described personally showing the broken freezer door to the supervisor.
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:56 am to thadcastle
Chilling to consider dying that way.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:58 am to thadcastle
Man, that's just cold. That said, Arbys is definitely in hot water now! Somebody fix-in-ah eat!!
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:59 am to thadcastle
shite family only want a mil. That’s a few million dollar lawsuit right there
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:02 am to thadcastle
Whoever is responsible at that arbys for putting in the maintenance request that just didn’t absolutely puckered up when they heard how this woman died.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:03 am to thadcastle
went from an work accident to criminal negligence...
Posted on 6/1/23 at 7:04 am to GeauxZone90
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shite family only want a mil. That’s a few million dollar lawsuit right there
Agreed. I would start at $50 million at least
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:30 am to thadcastle
I wonder if some of the employees were negligent as well or outright hostile to the manager. It seems hard to believe that she couldn't have found something metal to bang on the door and make enough noise for them to hear. Anyone know how Arby's are set up? Is the freezer far enough away from other parts of the store to make hearing someone an issue?
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:31 am to LSUBFA83
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outright hostile to the manager.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:33 am to thadcastle
Is there an email of this? Because if it’s just he said/she said then that holds no weight.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:38 am to thadcastle
How does this not fall under worker's comp. Meaning this is a 75K case if she doesn't have any dependents.
Unless they can find fault against the manufacturer of the freezer potentially.
Are there logs on the equipment...if not what the employees are saying isn't worth shite from Shinola.
Unless they can find fault against the manufacturer of the freezer potentially.
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went from an work accident to criminal negligence...
Are there logs on the equipment...if not what the employees are saying isn't worth shite from Shinola.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 9:40 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:39 am to jnethe1
It’s like these workers never watched MacGyver growing up.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:41 am to LSU316
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How does this not fall under worker's comp
Gross negligence on the part of the employer?
*im not a lawyer, just spitballin
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:44 am to Duke
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Gross negligence on the part of the employer?
If there is evidence of reports of broken equipment that wasnt' handled by the company...sure.
If there is no evidence of any inspection logs of equipment...maybe could go either way from what I hear.
Only thing I've heard so far is employee's talking about the door being broken....if that's all they have to prove "gross negligence"...well I hope the family is happy with 75K to split amongst them all.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:45 am to thadcastle
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Nguyet Le, 63, worked as an Arby’s general manager and was opening the eatery in New Iberia, La., about 30 minutes south of Lafayette, when she somehow became stuck inside the freezer on May 11 “and beat her hands bloody trying to escape or get someone’s attention,”
She’s the damn GM. The broken freezer not being repaired is on her.
That doesn’t mean the franchise wont settle.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 9:47 am
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:47 am to thadcastle
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:49 am to BigBinBR
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That doesn’t mean the franchise might settle.
If they were smart they would probably settle unless they have good records that the equipment was inspected and marked good for every period in recent history and have no legit record of a complaint being made about the equipment being broken and not fixed prior to this incident.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:54 am to LSU316
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If they were smart they would probably settle unless they have good records that the equipment was inspected and marked good for every period in recent history and have no legit record of a complaint being made about the equipment being broken and not fixed prior to this incident.
They would only settle to make it go away. She wasn’t a shift manager she was the GM. GMs are responsible for everything that goes on under that roof. (It’s why GMs are often named in lawsuits as a defendant)
In this case the GM would be responsible for reporting and making sure that repairs are completed and the building is safe for employees and customers.
The only defense is if she continually reported it to the franchise owner and the franchise owner continued to kick the cam down the road.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:56 am to thadcastle
Time to boycott unless you guys support companies who murder employees by refrigeration.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:00 am to BigBinBR
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She’s the damn GM. The broken freezer not being repaired is on her.
That doesn’t mean the franchise wont settle.
The news cast I saw this morning said that multiple work orders had been submitted up the chain of command. The way they worded the report made it sound like there was a paper trail of the request.
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