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TINA DAIS
vs.
LAIDLAW TRANSIT INC.


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Issues:
Random drug testing, disparate treatment, policy and procedure, drugs.
 
Case Summary:
Tina Dais, a former employee with Laidlaw Transit, brings suit against the company after she is dismissed for failing a random drug test. In addition to wrongful discharge, Dais also argues the company inflicted deliberate emotional distress. The company files motions to strike Dais' complaints.
 
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
This is the first judicial review of defendant's motions.
 
Outcome:
A split decision. The Superior Court of Connecticut at Stamford granted all but one of defendant's motions. The court denied the company's motion to strike Dais' complaint concerning deliberate emotional distress.