Header Image: Let’s remeber that this is about the death of a human being called Lorna McMurrey aged only 27 with a whole life ahead of her
It’s a timely vignette both about the insurance industry and the cannabis industry considering the events of the past couple of week
Green Market Report
A Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) insurance unit is looking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by cannabis company Trulieve over coverage related to a worker’s death in Massachusetts, arguing the worker wasn’t employed by any of the companies seeking protection.
Paywall
Berkshire unit seeks dismissal of Trulieve’s insurance coverage case over worker death
Also see
32 No. 07 Westlaw Journal Health Law 10
November 11, 2024
Insurance
Westlaw Journal Health Law
Suit: Insurers must cover suit over pot plant worker’s death from ‘occupational asthma’
Trulieve v. Berkshire Hathaway Home Insurance Co.
Briefs and Other Related Documents
A cannabis cultivation company says its insurers unlawfully refused to cover it in a lawsuit alleging an employee died from occupational asthma due to her exposure to ground cannabis dust at one of the company’s processing facilities.
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