In a ruling that might induce some employers to re-examine their policies, a New Jersey appeals court reinstated a disability-bias suit by a worker terminated over a positive alcohol test.
The Appellate Division held that an ExxonMobil subsidiary was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the suit under the Law Against Discrimination, which treats alcoholism as a protected disability.
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