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Waiting to Exhale: Employee Firing for Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use |
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How will the Colorado Supreme Court decide Coats v. Dish Network?
By Roger Rabb, J.D.
In a case being closely watched nationwide, the Colorado Supreme Court will address for the first time an important issue for employers and employees in the state: whether an employer may terminate an employee for the off-duty use of medical marijuana. Oral argument in Coats v. Dish Network is scheduled for September 30, 2014. Plaintiff Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic who worked for three years as a telephone customer service representative with Dish Network, is registered in Colorado as a medical marijuana user under the Medical Marijuana Amendment to the Colorado Constitution, Art. XVIII, Sec. 14...read more. |
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Dale L. Deitchler, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C.
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LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES |
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
North Carolina: Injuries Sustained Returning From Holiday Party Not Compensable. The Court of Appeals of North Carolina has denied benefits to two technical support analysts in the State Highway Patrol who sustained severe injuries in an automobile accident...read more.
Alaska: Death Benefits Must Be Made Available to Deceased Employee's Same-Sex Partner in Spite of Alaska's Marriage Amendment. The Supreme Court of Alaska has ruled that the state's workers' compensation death benefits statute is unconstitutional to the extent that it bars a...read more.
New Jersey: Telecommuter's Death Was Not Causally Related to Her Work. The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed an award of workers' compensation death benefits to the surviving spouse of an employee who died as a result of an embolism...read more.
South Carolina: Employer/Insurer Should Receive Partial Reimbursement for Extra Medical Costs, Outlays Related to Pre-existing Diabetes Condition. South Carolina established a Second Injury Fund to encourage employers to hire disabled or handicapped persons. Generally, if an employer can show that the injured worker's disability, following the...read more. |
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July 28, 2014: Choosing an Effective TPA.
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July 7, 2014: Trust in the Workplace.
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