Joseph Cobb III named his former employer, Ardagh Glass; the firm’s environmental health and safety manager, John McLarty, and human resources manager, James Strahan, in the suit. Cobb has Marfan syndrome and Ardagh failed “to reasonably accommodate a disability,” the suit notes.
Cobb started working at the glass manufacturing company January 2012. Cobb says in the lawsuit he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome, a disease that impacts the body’s connective tissue, in 2013. After fracturing his hand at work this past March 12 and undergoing a required drug and alcohol test, he showed up positive for marijuana.
Cobb claimed he was given a choice of going into a rehabilitation program for his 'drug problem,' or being fired. A day after the work accident, he was fired. A spokeswoman for Ardagh had no comment on the suit.