Airgas Faces Trial Over Its Termination of Worker With Cancer

Airgas US LLC can’t escape a lawsuit alleging the company illegally fired a worker with cancer because a drug screening company said he tested positive for cannabis, despite the test actually detecting a substance from the legal hemp product he was taking to treat his pain, a federal appeals court ruled.

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court decision throwing out Murray Fisher’s claim under Ohio disability law that Airgas fired him because of his cancer. Fisher died last summer.

The unpublished ruling hinged on the Sixth Circuit rejecting the argument that ...