Giles v. Oakdale Healthcare Systems, LLC
Louisiana Court of Appeal
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
- Supreme Services v. Sonny Greer, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
- Johnson v. Lull Enterprises, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
- Roy v. City of Lake CharlesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011