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First, I love what the employee did. No question he has an exceptionally good heart.
However, having said that, reading the description of what he did looks like he was outside the scope of his employment. It would be one thing if he took the woman and locked himself in a bathroom with her to PREVENT the guy from continuing to attack her. But he physically assaulted the guy. To me, he went overboard, IMHO (that's what I would argue if representing McDonald's ). I can't blame McDonalds for rejecting the workers comp claim.
Again, I think what the employee did was truly exceptional, but he could have protected this woman in a better manner than he did.
He got the guy off the woman and out of the store. The guy returned from his car with a gun. I imagine there wouldn't have been a way to get the guy off the girl without assaulting him. Had the situation been left to go on maybe the guy would've killed the girl since he travels with guns. Had the employees all stood around doing nothing - waiting for the police I imagine people would have watched the youtube video and shook their heads over a woman getting slapped around while men stood by doing nothing. A Mc Donalds hero could've been great PC for the food chain if they'd known what to do with it. Refusing the guy benefits was not the right move.