5th Circuit: Worker Fired For Being Under The Influence Failed To Show Bias

Mealey's (March 12, 2020, 8:57 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An employee who was fired after failing two blood alcohol content (BAC) tests at work failed to show that his termination was due to age or disability discrimination, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 28 (Jeff Kitchen v. BASF, No. 18-41119, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 6261)....