Case Name:	RICHARD YOUNG V. OMAHA STANDARD, LLC
Case Number:	LACV114588
Date of Trial:	12/12/2017		Venue:	Pottawattamie County
Casetype/Claims:	Wrongful termination
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Plaintiff's Counsel:	Andrew Lawrence Legrant		Defendant's Counsel:	Ruth Ann Hargens Horvatich
Verdict:	Plaintiff's verdict: $24,311
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Statement of Case: In this case plaintiff Richard Young claims that his former employer Omaha Standard, LLC violated Iowa’s workplace drug testing law by requiring him to undergo a drug test not authorized under the law. Defendant Omaha Standard, LLC denies Young’s claim. Statement of Case Defendant: This is a case brought by Plaintiff, Richard Young, against the Defendant, Omaha Standard, LLC d/b/a Omaha Standard Palfinger. Plaintiff was employed at Omaha Standard in Council Bluffs, Iowa and held the position of Painter. On August 31, 2015, Defendant required Plaintiff to submit to workplace drug testing pursuant to its lawful drug testing policy. Plaintiff’s drug test resulted in a confirmed positive for the drugs amphetamine and methamphetamine. As a result, Defendant terminated Plaintiff’s employment. Plaintiff claims that Defendant’s demand that he submit to workplace drug testing had no basis under, and was not authorized by, the Iowa statute which governs private-sector workplace drug testing. Defendant Omaha Standard submits that it had reasonable suspicion as provided under the statute to require Plaintiff to submit to workplace drug testing on August 31, 2015. Defendant submits that it had such reasonable suspicion based upon Plaintiff’s erratic attendance and the observations of two supervisors of Plaintiff’s abnormal conduct and behavior and the deterioration of his work performance.
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