Bracken v. Dixon Industries, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Employee appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the employer in the employee’s retaliatory discharge action.

Dixon Industries, Inc. (Dixon) instituted a drug testing policy in 1988 for the stated purpose of providing employees a safe and productive work place and providing customers with products of the highest quality. Under Dixon’s drug testing policy, all prospective new hires were required to submit to preemployment alcohol and drug testing. Dixon also required employees to consent to alcohol and drug testing…