The jury ruled the ex employee was a victim of a scheme to defame her for filing a worker’s compensation claim for a job-related wrist injury.
The jury deliberated for about four hours before a verdict was reached.
Jeanette was accused in 2015 of stealing $626 in cash from a safe at the Fresno restaurant. Ortiz’s bosses claimed the theft was caught on camera, but she was never shown the video because her bosses told her the evidence had been destroyed.
