PA Pot Patient Can Sue Ex-Employer For Discrimination: Judge

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that a MED patient can sue her former employer for discrimination after she claimed she was fired for lawful marijuana use. The decision is inline with rulings from other states.

Plaintiff Donna Hudnell alleges Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals fired her from her position as a security analyst in October 2019 after she tested positive for THC. At the time, she was returning from a three-month medical leave for back surgery. Hudnell says the hospital discriminated against her by firing her based on her being both a Black woman . . .