like(exception{ $checker->_get_event_data('qwerty.pl') }, qr/Failed to retrieve data from file/, 'file does not exist');

##</code><code>##

  $logger->fatal("(Line: $line) " .  $error );
  print "\n";
  open (STDOUT, '>/dev/null'); #squelch duplicate error output
  die $error;

##</code><code>##

sub logf {
  my $error = shift;
  my $line = shift;
  if (!$line) {
    $line = [caller(0)]->[2];
  }
  $logger->fatal("(Line: $line) " .  $error);
  die "\n";
}

##</code><code>##

sub _get_event_data {
  my $self = shift;
  my $file = shift;
  my $data;
  eval { $data = retrieve($file); };
  if ($@) {
    logf('Failed to retrieve data from file'); ### Line that calls failure subroutine above
  }
  my $existing_events = $data->{existing_events};
  return $existing_events;
}

##</code><code>##

throws_ok{ $checker->_get_event_data('qwerty.pl') } qr/Failed to retrieve data from file/, 'file does not exist';

##</code><code>##

 $logger->fatal("(Line: $line) " .  $error);
 die "$error\n";