De La Torre v. United Western Grocery
In January 2005, plaintiff Karla De La Torre informed her employer, Unified Western Grocers Inc. (Unified) that she was pregnant. In May 2005, De La Torres supervisor began to suspect that De La Torre was falsifying her timecards, padding them with extra hours in order to obtain pay to which she was not entitled. For three weeks, De La Torre was placed under covert surveillance, during which time her arrival and departure times from work were noted. Upon comparing the actual times with the times claimed by De La Torre in her timecards, Unified discovered numerous discrepancies in the timecards all claiming more time than De La Torre had actually worked. De La Torre was terminated for falsifying her timecards. She brought suit for pregnancy discrimination and related causes of action. Summary judgment was entered in favor of Unified. Court affirm.
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