Comp Board to Revisit Request for Approval of Medical Marijuana

A New York appellate court partially overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board denying authorization for a doctor to treat an injured police officer’s chronic pain with medical marijuana. Case: Matter of Kluge v. Tonawanda, No. 528044, 10/17/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: James Kluge worked for the Town of Tonawanda as a police officer. He slipped and fell while at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in 1997. Kluge established his entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries to his lower back and right hip that resulted i...