State's High Court Says Payment for Marijuana Can't Be Ordered

An employer cannot be ordered to reimburse an injured worker for medical marijuana, because such a payment would be “aiding and abetting” a violation of federal law, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Thursday. The justices’ 5-2 decision came in the case of Gaetan Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Co., in which a workers’ comp hearing officer ordered Twin Rivers to reimburse Bourgoin for medical marijuana. The Maine Workers’ Compensation Board Appellate Division affirmed the decree, and Twin Rivers and Sedgwick Claims Management Services appealed the decision...