Ark. Ct: Cocaine Metabolites Presence Sufficient To Deny Claim

The presence of cocaine metabolites does not equate to active drug presence, but it is enough for an employer to reject a total disability claim from the estate of an employee who died in a car wreck while on company duty, the Arkansas Court of Appeals Division II ruled in an unpublished opinion. The ruling affirmed a 2-1 decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission that Aerocare Holdings, Inc. and its insurer, Hartford Underwriters Insurance, Co., were justified in denying the claim from the estate of Marcus Tenner, who died from injuries sustained in a head-on collision on a highway ...