Joseph Casias started working at a Wal-Mart in Battle Creek, Michigan in 2004 where he took a job as an entry-level grocery stocker and later moved his way up to inventory control manager. In 2008 he was named Employee of the year. A year later he was fired for testing positive for marijuana even though he was a licensed medical marijuana patient and is protected under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (sic) passed in 2008.

Because of this injustice, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Walmart and the manager of its Battle Creek store this week. ACLU staff attorney Scott Michelman said:

"Medical marijuana has had a life-changing positive effect for Joseph, but Wal-Mart made him pay a stiff and unfair price for his medicine...No patient should be forced to choose between adequate pain relief and gainful employment, and no employer should be allowed to intrude upon private medical choices made by employees in consultation with their doctors."

This is yet another lawsuit being brought against Walmart for unfair treatment of its employees. This is on top of the largest class action gender discrimination lawsuit in history, and other countless lawsuits for wage and hour violations facing Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart needs to get their act together and start treating their employers with respect and dignity or else the list of lawsuits being brought against them will continue to grow.

For more information on other lawsuits facing Wal-Mart check out: http://www.wal-martlitigation.com/

Wake Up Walmart intern Yeni contributed to this post.