Saturday, August 27, 2016

Workers’ Comp Board: En banc panel of Administrative Law Judges held that self-insured employer was required to reimburse injured worker for costs associated with use of medicinal marijuana authorized by the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act (MMUMA), rejecting employer’s argument that requiring reimbursement would conflict with federal law because employer would be complicit in the commission of a federal crime, and finding that employer was not a “private health insurer” within MMUMA exception
US District Court ME: In former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s Rehabilitation Act disability discrimination claim, the court found that narcolepsy is a categorically disqualifying condition from driving commercial vehicles
EEOC: $60,000 settlement reached in suit alleging hair salon refused to accommodate stylist’s claustrophobia by moving her to a station that was not in a confined space

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