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A federal court has given an initial victory to a Pennsylvania man who sued a major truck leasing company that rescinded a job offer after learning about his status as a registered medical marijuana patient who has used cannabis to treat anxiety disorder.
In the ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Catherine Henry denied the trucking company Penske’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, finding that its claims contesting allegations of discrimination were unconvincing.
Hosea Tyler applied for a job to become a sales and operations management trainee and received a job offer last year. After informing his recruiter about the fact that he possessed a medical cannabis card that a doctor recommended for his anxiety, he was told his start date would be delayed—and then later that he wouldn’t be getting the job after all because, as he quoted the recruiter saying, Penske “doesn’t like medical marijuana cards” and the company “can’t accommodate your medical marijuana card.”
Despite offering to abstain from cannabis and find an alternative treatment, “Penske did not change its course, and ultimately informed Tyler in late July that it was rescinding his contingent job offer,” the judge wrote.
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