Stinson v. Physicians Immediate Care, Ltd.

The plaintiff, Bradford Stinson, suing individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, appeals the dismissal of his complaint alleging that the defendant, Physicians Immediate Care Limited, was negligent in performing a drug test on him and reporting a false positive result. The central issue for review is one of first impression in Illinois: whether a laboratory which performs drug-screening tests at the behest of an employer owes a duty of care to an employee who submits to a drug test.

In count I, the plaintiff alleged that his employer required him to have a drug-screening…