Medical Marijuana User Scores Job Bias Win Without a Trial (1)

Bride Brook Health & Rehabilitation Center violated Connecticut law when it rescinded a worker’s job offer based on her status as a medical marijuana user, a federal judge ruled Sept. 5.

The decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut is a rare pretrial win for a worker alleging employment discrimination. Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer got it right when he found there were no disputed facts preventing the court from awarding summary judgment to Katelin Noffsinger, her attorney told Bloomberg Law Sept. 6.

Federal courts only send a case for trial when there are questions of fact ...