Judge Tosses Medical Marijuana User's Disability Discrimination Suit
New Jersey's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act shields qualifying users from criminal prosecution and certain civil penalties, but it does not obligate employers to allow employees to use medical marijuana, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said Aug. 10 in granting a motion by defendant Ardagh Glass Packing Inc. to dismiss the plaintiff's disability discrimination suit.
August 13, 2018 at 04:34 PM
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An employer's refusal to waive its drug test requirement for a forklift driver using medical marijuana was not discriminatory, a federal judge in Camden has ruled.
New Jersey's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act shields qualifying users from criminal prosecution and certain civil penalties, but it does not obligate employers to allow employees to use medical marijuana, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler said Aug. 10 in granting a motion by defendant Ardagh Glass Packing Inc. to dismiss the plaintiff's disability discrimination suit.
Plaintiff Daniel Cotto Jr., who began working at Ardagh in 2011, claimed the company knew he used Percocet, Gabapentin and medical marijuana for back and neck pain.
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