Drug test, random, drug policy, dismissal, chain of custody, urine sample intact

Daniel Miller appeals a trial court decision overturning his reinstatement as a correctional officer at the Alabama Department of Corrections. After his dismissal for failing a random drug test, Miller initially won reinstatement when he appealed his case to the state's personnel board.

The Montgomery Circuit Court found no evidence to support the personnel board's decision to reinstate Miller based on the possibility that Miller's urine sample may have been tampered with because the chain of custody had been broken.

Miller loses; Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama affirms the circuit court decision, finding evidence that the urine sample was intact despite a broken chain of custody.