Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Holds Employer Financially Responsible for Employee’s Medical Marijuana Treatment
On March 17, 2023, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court reversed the holdings of Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Payment Judge (WC Judge) and Workers’ Payment Board (WC Board) and held that an personnel was entitled to be reimbursed for health-related marijuana as suggested and considered vital by his doctor. Teresa L. Fegley, Executrix to the Estate of Paul Sheetz v. Firestone Tire & Rubber, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Docket No. 680 C.D. 2021. Qualifications On September 19, 1977, Paul Sheetz was injured throughout the system…