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HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently reversed a trial court that awarded summary judgment in favor of two defendants that were sued by a man who lost his job after a drug test yielded a positive result for cocaine.
Back in 2018, Guillermo Mendez filed suit against the Houston Harris Area Safety Council (HASC) and Psychemedics – the trade association that collected his biological samples and the drug-testing laboratory that performed the test.
Court records show Mendez was formerly employed by Turnaround Welding Services. He was assigned to a Valero jobsite and required to submit to a drug and alcohol screening.