Entergy Nuke Plant Worker Loses Appeal in Suit Over Drug Testing

Entergy Operations Inc. defeated a nuclear plant worker’s bid to revive his tort lawsuit over his termination after multiple positive tests for marijuana.

Jairus Greene alleged Entergy defamed him by uploading information about the failed tests to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission database, but the company was required to do so and those records weren’t false, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday. “We will not penalize Entergy for conduct mandated by federal regulation,” the court said.

• And Greene signed a waiver consenting to disclosure of his information to the database and releasing Entergy from any liability ...