Perrigo Worker Fired for Drug Test Fails to Revive ADA Bias Case

An L. Perrigo Co. worker who lost his job after testing for marijuana fell short of showing he deserves another shot at his disability and age discrimination claims, a federal appellate court said.

The ex-employee didn’t show that he had a disability or that the health care products company perceived him as disabled, so the district judge was correct to throw out his Americans with Disabilities Act claim, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion Wednesday.

Steve Arndt, who’s in his 60s, started working for the Perrigo Co. subsidiary as an electrician in ...