St. Louis Starbucks Worker Stopped a Robbery And Was Fired Shortly After. Does He Have a Solid Case Against the Former Employer?

Legal experts weighed in on a former Starbucks barista’s decision to file a lawsuit against the company after claiming he was fired for intervening in an attempted robbery. Michael Harris was working at a drive-thru in St. Louis, Missouri, when two robbers came into the store and began robbing customers as well as telling him to hand over the money in the register, KSDK reported. During the stickup, Harris was struck in the head with a gun by one of the suspects.  However, when the 20-year-old realized it was fake, he decided to take action: “The trigger for it busted off, and that’s when we noticed and started to fight back,” Harris told the station.  People work at a Starbucks in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) One of the robbers fled, but Harris and his coworker were able to apprehend the second one until police arrived at the scene. According to the report, he claims that the company fired him from his beloved position without an explanation a short time later. This led him to pursue legal action for wrongful termination.& The coworker was fired as well. “They didn’t create the...