Legal Opinion

Giles v. Oakdale Healthcare Systems, LLC

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 9, 2012No. 11-1197Published

1Opinion of the Court

KEATY, Judge.

| í Plaintiff, Veronica Giles, was terminated from employment at Wal-Mart for testing positive on a drug screen she took in connection with her promotion to assistant manager. Ultimately, Giles was reinstated *461as assistant manager at Wal-Mart, though she was unemployed for about six months. She filed suit against Joanna Carpenter, the phlebotomist who took the sample, and Oakdale Community Hospital, alleging that Carpenter’s failure to follow Oakdale’s internal policies for collecting drug test samples, in addition to her failure to follow Wal-Mart’s drug screen policy and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Supreme Services v. Sonny Greer, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  2. Johnson v. Lull Enterprises, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
  3. Roy v. City of Lake CharlesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011

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