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I hope he wins and a flood of others follow. Too many employers think the law doesn't apply to them and they screw the people that are hurting the most.
From FOX News:
Medical Marijuana User Sues After Being Fired
Monday, March 15, 2010
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. A Great Falls man who says he was wrongly fired from his job for using medical marijuana has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against his former employer.
Mike Babbitt in a complaint filed earlier this month against Loaf-n-Jug says he was discriminated against, lost wages and suffered other monetary damages.
The company declined to comment.
Babbitt says he is HIV-positive and is qualified to received medical marijuana.
He says he told the company he received a medical marijuana card and the company told him it wasn't a problem.
But Babbitt says he was fired in November after a drug test from the previous month showed the presence of marijuana.
Babbitt's attorney says marijuana use falls under the company's definition of legal medication.
From FOX News:
Medical Marijuana User Sues After Being Fired
Monday, March 15, 2010
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. A Great Falls man who says he was wrongly fired from his job for using medical marijuana has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against his former employer.
Mike Babbitt in a complaint filed earlier this month against Loaf-n-Jug says he was discriminated against, lost wages and suffered other monetary damages.
The company declined to comment.
Babbitt says he is HIV-positive and is qualified to received medical marijuana.
He says he told the company he received a medical marijuana card and the company told him it wasn't a problem.
But Babbitt says he was fired in November after a drug test from the previous month showed the presence of marijuana.
Babbitt's attorney says marijuana use falls under the company's definition of legal medication.