KELLEY v. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP.

No. 87-1933.

849 F.2d 41 (1988)

Donal J. KELLEY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Pettingell with whom D. Alice Olsen, Adam J. Brodsky and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Philip E. Cleary with whom Gerald T. Anglin and Freeley & Freeley were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This action arises from the discharge by appellant-defendant Schlumberger Technology Corporation of plaintiff-appellee Donal J. Kelley from an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico after two urinalysis tests allegedly showed positive results for the presence of marijuana. Originally brought in state court, the case was removed to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in December 1985. In his second amended...

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