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Innovation is Necessary to Meet the Challenge of COVID in 2022

Workers' Compensation

A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. Background The workers’ compensation system faces an enormous challenge in 2022 as the novel consequences of the most recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection engulf the nation.

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US Supreme Court to Conference Medical Marijuana Preemption Case

Workers' Compensation

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is scheduled to conference the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The Petitioner for a Writ of Certiorari conference is listed for Thursday, June 16, 2022. Mendota Heights Dental Center, et al., 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

preempts a state workers’ compensation order that compels an employer to reimburse an employee for the cost of marijuana used in response to pain arising from a work-related injury.” The petitioner further argued that Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system does not facilitate access to marijuana. 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures , as of February 3, 2022, 37 states 1 , the District of Columbia, and three U.S. No reference was made in the text of the statute to an exemption from coverage under the Workers’ Compensation Law. denied , 2022 U.S. LEXIS 2970 (June 21, 2022); Musta v.