{"id":48713,"date":"2025-01-26T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/louisville-firefighters-file-suit-claiming-city-reneged-on-medical-cannabis-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T14:01:20","slug":"louisville-firefighters-file-suit-claiming-city-reneged-on-medical-cannabis-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=48713","title":{"rendered":"Louisville Firefighters File Suit Claiming City Reneged On Medical Cannabis Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<p class=\"post-meta\">\n<p>\t<span>Posted by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/author\/cvarone\/\" title=\"\">Curt Varone <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"tie-date\">2 days ago<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Louisville firefighters have filed suit claiming Metro Government has reneged on an agreement to protect rank-and-file members who lawfully use marijuana from discipline. Louisville Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 54 and vice president, Dennis Eggen, filed the action in Jefferson County Circuit Court last week.<\/p>\n<p>Local 54 contends that during negotiations last year, both sides agreed following passage of the Kentucky\u2019s Medicinal Cannabis Act, that members lawfully using medical cannabis would not be disciplined provided they were not using it on the job or impaired at work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metro firefighter\u2019s union files lawsuit over use of medical cannabis\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V7Ey4OmMNi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts below via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry \/--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/breach-of-contract\/\" rel=\"tag\">breach of contract<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/cannabis\/\" rel=\"tag\">cannabis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/louisville-fire-department\/\" rel=\"tag\">Louisville Fire Department<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/louisville-metro-fire\/\" rel=\"tag\">Louisville Metro Fire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/medical-marijuana\/\" rel=\"tag\">medical marijuana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/pot\/\" rel=\"tag\">pot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firelawblog.com\/tag\/thc\/\" rel=\"tag\">THC<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" class=\"updated\">2025-01-23<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t <!-- .share-post -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-inner -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\twindow.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'};\n\t(function(w, d, s) {\n\t  function go(){\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) {\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id;\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t};\n\t\tload('\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en\/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk');\n\t\tload('https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js', 'gplus1js');\n\t\tload('\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js', 'tweetjs');\n\t  }\n\t  if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener(\"load\", go, false); }\n\t  else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent(\"onload\",go); }\n\t}(window, document, 'script'));\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by: Curt Varone 2 days ago Louisville firefighters have filed suit claiming Metro Government has reneged on an agreement to protect rank-and-file members who lawfully use marijuana from discipline. Louisville Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 54 and vice president, Dennis Eggen, filed the action in Jefferson County Circuit Court last week. 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