California, Forensic Toxicologists and the Workplace Drug testing in the workplace is a very controversial issue; it specifically challenges the right to privacy of employees in both private and public companies. In California in specific, citizens’ rights are respected and protected against unlawful testing but under certain circumstances, forensic toxicologists…
[When] asked whether the FBI’s decision to test hair for cocaine demonstrates such tests are generally accepted as being reliable in the scientific community, Okorocha disagreed, stating the FBI uses other procedures, such as polygraph, which are not generally accepted as reliable.Imperial Cty. Dep’t of Soc. Servs. v. J.M. (In re…
Okorie Okorocha — Plaintiffs’ Toxicology Expert Plaintiffs called Okorie Okorocha, a forensic toxicologist and lawyer, to testify to the testing performed on the fluid samples taken from Andrade’s body. He rendered opinions on both the methamphetamine and alcohol testing and what he viewed as flaws in the resulting evidence. As to…
In this case, Kayleigh McCall v. Coast Line Distributing, Inc. and Paul Anthony CejaIn San Luis Obispo County Court, the jury grants punitive damages to the employer due to the truck driver’s illicit drug use; $2.1 million.Plaintiff Kayleigh McCall experienced a moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a facet injury…