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 Division
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 sustained 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.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.