PEREZ v. THORNTONS, INC.

No. 12-3669.

731 F.3d 699 (2013)

Norma PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THORNTONS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence E. Flynn , Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Devlin Joseph Schoop , Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and STADTMUELLER, District Judge.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

All employees, not only perfect employees, are protected by Title VII. Norma Perez was in all likelihood far from a perfect employee. From 2005 until 2009 she worked for Thorntons, Inc., a gasoline and convenience store chain. She was working as a retail store manager in November, 2009 when she deeply discounted about $127 worth of candy bars that she sold to herself for only $12. She was fired for failure to "control cash and/or inventory...

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