October 02, 2025
The Eighth Circuit on Wednesday declined to review its decision affirming a win for Peco Foods Inc. against a worker who claims he was wrongfully fired after testing positive for THC, keeping in place a panel ruling that Arkansas' at-will employment doctrine allowed for the termination.
August 25, 2025
A Peco Foods' employee who claims he was wrongfully fired when he tested positive for marijuana after using a CBD oil for back pain cannot get his job back, the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday, finding he was an at-will employee at the Arkansas company and made an untimely retaliation argument.