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36-year old Jeremy Hoven is suing a Walgreens store in Michigan after he was fired one week after he says he was praised for shooting at two armed robbers who came into his store at 4:30AM this past Mother’s Day and took the floor manager hostage. Jeremy who has worked at the store for 5 years and was robbed there in 2007 says he was scared for his life, but Walgreens told him there was a “non escalation” policy in the employee manual he should have followed.
If you were the judge how would you rule?
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Walgreens will definitely win this case, it was a valiant effort on his part to stop the robbery, but if his warning shot had escalated the situation (robbers start taking hostages for example) then Walgreens would have been liable for everything that happened to anyone shortly thereafter. They are doing this this prevent other employees from acting similarly in the future which could really cost them if an innocent is injured in the process based on the actions of a “heroic” employee.
Teach em aiming techniques! oh, and drop Walgreens!!!!