Court to Rule on Police Officer's Sleep Apnea Treatment

A Bay Area city is asking the California 6th District Court of Appeal to review an administrative ruling ordering it to reimburse a disabled police officer for his costs to treat a sleep disorder he developed after he gained weight and used opioid pain medication to treat a work-related back injury.The dispute in the case, City of Los Altos v. WCAB (Verna), No. H038007, centers on the $1,237.97 that Ronald S. Verna spent to buy a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine.Verna's attorney, Kenneth Sheppard of Jones, Clifford, Johnson & Johnson, on Friday remarked that he did not think...