Legal Opinion
Rex Slane v. Mariah Boats, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1999No. 98-1127, 98-1128PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Rex Slane, a diabetic, worked in the upholstery department at Mariah Boats, Inc. from 1992 until June 1994, when Mariah fired him for refusing to take a drug test (at least that’s what Mariah said). Under Mariah’s “Drug— and Alcohol-Free Workplace Policy,” which started in January of 1994, an employee who refuses to take a drug test is fired immediately unless he certifies his refusal in writing at the time he is asked to take the test and provides a valid medical reason (we assume promptly) for refusing to be tested. Mariah tested its employees on random and…
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