By LINDSAY WHITEHURST | Related Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday sided with a truck driver who desires to sue for triple damages over a CBD hemp product he says was falsely marketed as being free from marijuana’s energetic ingredient and resulted in him getting fired.
The 5-4 opinion clears the best way for the trucker to hunt triple damages beneath an anti-mob regulation. It doesn’t determine his underlying claims that the product’s THC content material bought him fired.
Douglas Horn stated he wished to deal with continual shoulder and again ache after a critical accident. He selected the product as a result of it was marketed as being free from THC, which supplies marijuana its excessive. CBD is a typically authorized hemp compound that’s broadly offered as a dietary complement.
However lab exams taken after Horn was fired for failing a routine drug take a look at confirmed the product did have THC, he claimed.
Horn sued the Vista, California-based Medical Marijuana Inc. and sought triple damages beneath the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, usually referred to as RICO.
The corporate pushed again, disputing Horn’s account and saying he can’t sue for larger damages as a result of he’s claiming a private damage fairly than hurt to his enterprise.
Horn says his firing was a enterprise damage and he’s been financially ruined, and an appeals courtroom allowed Horn’s declare to go ahead.
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