Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker red

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from marijuana’s active ingredient.

Douglas Horn says he took the product to help with chronic shoulder and back pain he had after a serious accident. The company said it contained CBD, a generally legal compound that is widely sold as a dietary supplement and included in personal-care products, but not THC, which gives marijuana its high, Horn said in court documents.

After a failed routine drug test got him fired, Horn says he confirmed with a lab that the product did have THC. He sued the Vista, California, company under the Racketeer Influenced

win. An appeals court found Horn’s claim should be allowed to go forward.

Medical Marijuana, Inc. appealed that decision to the Supreme Court. The company disputes Horn’s claims and argues that he can’t sue under RICO because he’s claiming a personal injury. and Corrupt Organizations

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nd marketing amounted to company said, making this fraud. case a good one to decide on

The law known as RICO a nationwide rule. was crafted as a tool to prosecute Horn, for his part, says organized crime, but his firing was a business people can also file civil injury and he’s been financially suits under it against alleged ruined. schemes and collect The case will be heard in triple the damages if they the fall.