A former longtime employee of the Westside Food Bank is suing the nonprofit, alleging she was wrongfully fired in 2024 for complaining about unsafe work conditions, including food contamination, as well as a lack of accommodations for her speech disability.

Allison Griffith’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit allegations include wrongful termination, retaliation, disability discrimination and failure to engage in the interactive process. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

A Westside Food Bank representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit brought Aug. 20. The Santa Monica-based organization was founded in 1981 and provides nutritious food for 72,000 households, or about 153,000 needy people, with the help of more than 60 agencies, a

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