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Issue Commentary: Obesity In the Workplace–Who Pays?

The Workcomp Writer

2d 283 (1996) ( Pittman )], it nevertheless reversed the Court of Appeals in the instant case, determining that neither the lower appellate court nor the state’s Industrial Commission had properly applied the test. The Commission ultimately consolidated plaintiff’s claims for a single hearing. 124, 468 S.E.2d

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

In August 2013, he was evaluated for, and was issued, a certification to enroll in Massachusetts’s medical marijuana program. Thus, we begin with the decisions that have already addressed the preemptive effect of the CSA on orders for reimbursement of medical cannabis made under state workers' compensation laws [Opinion, p.