February 10, 2026
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals has settled a former employee's disability discrimination suit claiming he was unlawfully fired when he tested positive for cannabis because he took cannabidiol gummies used to treat his spinal condition.
October 28, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge narrowed, but didn't throw out, a disability bias suit from a hospital worker who said he was fired after failing a drug test because he took cannabidiol gummies for a spinal condition, saying a reasonable jury might conclude his disability earned him harsher treatment.