Town Might Have to Cover Medicinal Marijuana in Workers’ Compensation Case
It's now up to the lower court to determine whether or not the town of Tonawanda New York will have to pay workers' compensation insurance benefits for a police officer who was prescribed medicinal marijuana for his chronic back pain he has suffered ever since he slipped on icy pavement at the scene of a car accident.
October 28, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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October 28, 2019
The Supreme Court of New York, appellate division, ruled to remand an earlier decision that denied coverage of an injured police officer’s medical marijuana for chronic pain that he suffers after a car accident. The case is In the Matter of the Claim of James Kluge, v. Town of Tonawanda et al., Workers Compensation Board, 2019 NY Slip Op 07470 (App. Div.)
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