Legal Opinion
Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 17, 2017No. SJC 12226PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
In 2012, Massachusetts voters approved the initiative petition entitled, “An Act for the humanitarian medical use of marijuana,” St. 2012, c. 369 (medical marijuana act or act), whose stated purpose is “that there should be no punishment under [Sjtate law for qualifying patients. ... for the medical use of marijuana.” Id. at § 1. The issue on appeal is whether a qualifying patient who has been terminated from her employment because she tested positive for marijuana as a result of her lawful medical use of marijuana has a civil remedy against her employer. We conclude that the plaintiff may…
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