An update from a case we covered back in 2017. Andrew Panaggio has a victory and a loss: the insurance company must cover medical cannabis costs, but federal law may deny payments. From the New Jersey Herald:
“The court said the state workers’ compensation law doesn’t deny such reimbursement.
“The case is not the first to address whether employers should have to pay for medical marijuana under a state workers’ compensation system. Last year in Maine, the state supreme court ruled against a paper mill worker who was disabled after being hurt on the job in 1989.
“The court ruled that federal law takes precedence in a conflict between the federal Controlled Substances Act and the state medical marijuana law.
“At least five states — Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey and New Mexico — have found medical marijuana treatment is reimbursable under their workers’ compensation laws, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
“Florida, North Dakota, and Michigan, meanwhile, passed laws excluding medical marijuana treatment from workers’ compensation reimbursement.”
Read the full article about 59-year-old Andrew Panaggio’s in the New Jersey Herald courtesy of the AP’s Kathy McCormack
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