LUEDTKE v. NABORS ALASKA DRILLING, INC.

Nos. S-2074, S-2127.

768 P.2d 1123 (1989)

Clarence G. LUEDTKE, Appellant, v. NABORS ALASKA DRILLING, INC., Appellee. Paul M. LUEDTKE, Appellant, v. NABORS ALASKA DRILLING, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Clocksin, Wagstaff, Pope & Clocksin, Cooperating Atty. for the Alaska Civil Liberties Union, Anchorage, and Douglas P. Elliott, Anchorage, for appellant Clarence G. Luedtke.

Charles W. Coe, Smith, Coe & Patterson, P.C., Anchorage, for appellant Paul M. Luedtke.

Mary Poteet, Winner & Associates, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

This case addresses one aspect of drug testing by employers. A private employer, Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc. (Nabors), established a drug testing program for its employees. Two Nabors employees, Clarence Luedtke and Paul Luedtke, both of whom worked on drilling rigs on the North Slope, refused to submit to urinalysis screening for drug use as required by Nabors. As a result they were fired by Nabors. The...

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