Former CaramelCrisp Worker’s Retaliation Claim Heading to Trial

CaramelCrisp LLC failed to beat a former employee’s claim that the company retaliated against her for raising concerns about food safety and quality.

Aisha Putnam provided adequate evidence that a jury could find CaramelCrisp fired her for repeatedly raising concerns about food safety issues in the company’s products, Judge Lashonda A. Hunt of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois wrote in a Tuesday opinion. Hunt denied CaramelCrisp’s request for summary judgment on Putnam’s retaliation claim under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Putnam was hired as an associate director of research and development in 2014, and her ...