NJ Supreme Court: Company must pay medical cannabis bills

AP reports…

TRENTON, N.J.  — The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of medical cannabis patients Tuesday, voting unanimously that a construction company must pay for an injured employee’s medical cannabis bills.

The decision upheld an appellate ruling from last January that found an employer to be responsible for covering the monthly bill for medical marijuana used by a former employee to treat an injury suffered on the job in 2001.

The court found that while private health insurers and government aid programs do not have to cover medical cannabis costs under state law, private employers are not exempt from such workers’ compensation cases.

Read the full story

https://apnews.com/article/health-new-jersey-marijuana-courts-medical-marijuana-049d3d2d118d4d3a1743e3e4bcd2c317

Primary Sponsor

 


Karma Koala Podcast

Top Marijuana Blog