Doe v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

CARROLL, Chief Justice.

This case involves liability of an employer and a testing lab in connection with a pre-employment drug-screening test. Appellant, Jane Doe, the prospective employee, appeals from an adverse summary judgment. We will affirm the summary judgment in part and reverse and remand in part.

BACKGROUND

The Quaker Oats Company (“Quaker”) offered Doe, a Master of Business Administration student, a job as a marketing assistant in its Chicago office at a starting salary of $49,000 plus a bonus of $4,000. The offer did not state a definite term of employment. Quaker’s employment offer…