An employee fired for their status as a certified medical marijuana user may sue for wrongful termination, Pennsylvania’s frontline appeals court has ruled in a case of first impression, expanding legal protection for those patients.
The state Superior Court issued an opinion saying Pamela Palmiter, who is a certified user of medical cannabis, could pursue a private cause of action against her former employer, Scranton Quincy Clinic Co. and the Scranton Quincy Hospital Co., under the Medical Marijuana Act after the hospital discharged her for a positive drug test.
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