Maria is a Highline College Legal studies graduate and works at Microsoft.Sandra supervises Maria.Sandra fires Maria when Microsoft instituted a new policy that prohibited employees from smoking cigarettes. This requirement applied to off-duty time as well as job-related time. Sandra saw on Maria's Facebook post she was smoking while on vacation in Cancun.Maria claimed that she could not quit smoking and that she was wrongfully fired since she did not smoke in the workplace -- only when she was outside the building and during off-duty time.

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Microsoft is not liable to Maria since the United States Supreme Court has expressly ruled such a company policy does not violate the worker's right to privacy.

Microsoft has wrongfully fired Maria and is liable to her for damages.

Microsoft would be liable to Maria only if there is a state statute prohibiting employers from passing such job-related requirements.

Microsoft is not liable to Maria since the nonsmoking requirement is reasonable given the high cost of treating smoking-related illness.