Hennessey v. Coastal Eagle Point Oil Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

This appeal questions whether a private employer’s discharge of an employee who had failed a mandatory random drug test *85violated a clear mandate of public policy, and thus was compensable as a wrongful discharge. See Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 84 N.J. 58, 417 A.2d 505 (1980). The trial court found a clear mandate of public policy against private random drug testing in the search-and-seizure provision of New Jersey’s Constitution, and therefore granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. The Appellate Division reversed, 247…