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Requiring New Jersey employers to reimburse injured workers for medical marijuana

By Petrillo & Goldberg / March 3, 2020 / Comments Off on Requiring New Jersey employers to reimburse injured workers for medical marijuana

A workers’ compensation judge in New Jersey can order an employer to reimburse an injured worker for the worker’s use of medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain following a work accident. The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey concluded the order did not conflict with the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Vincent…

Judge rules employer does not have to permit employee’s marijuana use

By Petrillo & Goldberg / October 2, 2018 / Comments Off on Judge rules employer does not have to permit employee’s marijuana use

A federal judge ruled a Bridgeton glass factory can indefinitely suspend a worker because he uses medical marijuana. The worker, Daniel Cotto Jr., sued Ardagh Glass after the employer did not allow him to return to his job as a forklift operator after a workplace accident in November of 2016. Court documents show Cotto hit…

Judge orders public employer to pay for injured worker’s marijuana

By Petrillo & Goldberg / July 3, 2018 / Comments Off on Judge orders public employer to pay for injured worker’s marijuana

A workers’ compensation judge in New Jersey ordered Freehold Township to reimburse a public employee for his marijuana. While this was the first time a workers’ compensation judge in New Jersey ordered a public employer to reimburse an injured worker for medical marijuana, a New Jersey workers’ compensation judge previously ordered a private employer to…