Four employees of a check-cashing company say they were fired after being robbed at gunpoint in their stores.
They filed suit in Denver District Court claiming Ace Cash Express Inc. fired them for not following safety procedures during robberies at three Denver stores between November and January. The lawsuit, filed in April, says the robbers threatened to kill the employees if they had followed a company directive to trigger an alarm if possible. The lawsuit also says the company had trained them to cooperate with any robbers. Dallas-based Ace has denied wrongdoing and said it will fight the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges wrongful termination, outrageous conduct and breach of an implied contract. It seeks unspecified damages for plaintiffs Felicia A. Dia, Desiree M. Lopez, Ruth Monica Perea and Andre A. Robledo.
Dia said she and Lopez were in an Ace store that was robbed by two men, one with a gun, on Jan. 11. “He says, ‘I better not see any police. If I do, I’m going to kill you guys,’ ” Dia told KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver.
The four said the robbers got a total of $60,000.The Associated Press
