March 28, 2024
A former New York electrical worker and union rep can't sue the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for firing him after a return-to-work drug test found evidence of marijuana use, as the union never raised the alarm about such drug tests before, a New York federal judge has ruled.
May 04, 2023
An electrical worker suing the Long Island Rail Road and Metropolitan Transportation Authority is urging a New York federal court not to throw out his claims that he was wrongfully fired after he tested positive for "marijuana metabolites," arguing that the drug test was an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment.
February 21, 2023
A New York electrical worker is suing the Metropolitan Transit Authority and its subsidiary the Long Island Rail Road in federal court for more than $6 million, saying he was wrongfully fired after an unlawful drug test found trace evidence of cannabis use.