E. Michael Salley v. Circuit City Stores, Inc

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• affirming summary judgment for ADA defendant which terminated drug addict employee who reported to work under the influence of drugs
• affirming summary judgment for ADA defendant which terminated drug addict employee who reported to work under the influence of drugs
• finding, under the ADA, that the term “current user” includes individuals who have abstained from drug use for three weeks
• affirming summary judgment where employer fired plaintiff even though he successfully completed rehabilitation program
• affirming summary judgment and holding that defendant’s proffered reason for action was not pretext for discrimination where defendant had objectively legitimate basis for action and plaintiff offered no evidence from which reasonable jury could find pretext
• “[T]here is no evidence that [Plaintiff’s] addiction, as opposed to his drug-related misconduct, caused Circuit City to fire him.”

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