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A pregnant Ohio crew member says Chipotle pulled her job offer the day after she asked for a lifting limit.
Tara Griffin sued Chipotle Mexican Grill on May 18, 2026 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging the company rescinded her crew member hire days after she disclosed her pregnancy and a doctor-ordered lifting restriction at its Cuyahoga Falls store.
According to the complaint, Griffin was interviewed on February 7, 2024 by Noah Cunningham, identified in the filing as Grill Manager, and hired the next day. She told him during the interview that she had open availability.
When Griffin came in on February 10, 2024 to collect her uniforms, she met with an assistant manager identified in the filing only as Chris LNU. The complaint says she disclosed two things: she was pregnant, and her physician had set a 20-to-30-pound lifting limit. According to the filing, the assistant manager told her Chipotle could accommodate the restriction. Griffin also flagged a second job at Burger King and says she was told that was not a problem either. Onboarding wrapped up early that day because the store was too busy to finish her training.
A day later, on February 11, 2024, the complaint says Cunningham contacted Griffin by text to tell her the hire had been rescinded and that he would not have hired her had he known she was pregnant. Griffin alleges she was never allowed to complete ...
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