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Ohio: Employer Not Liable For Failure to Implement Substance Abuse Policy
Posted on 22 Mar 2019 by Thomas A. Robinson

A widow’s wrongful death action filed against her deceased husband’s employer for its failure to implement and maintain a substance abuse policy is barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Act, held... Read More

Tags: fentanyl , substance abuse , willful intent to injure , marijuana , intoxication

Up In Smoke: Medical Marijuana – The Latest Research and How Will It Impact Injured Workers?
Posted on 18 Feb 2016 by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. Marijuana is used medicinally or recreationally once a year by at least 128 million people in the world since 2012 according to global epidemiology studies. Growing up in California means easy access to marijuana from elementary... Read More

Tags: Schedule I , weed , California workers compensation , cannabis , medical marijuana , substance abuse , pain treatment , controlled substance , drug abuse

Dan in Real Life…….and the Denial of a Stress Claim in Delaware
Posted on 18 Feb 2013 by Cassandra Roberts

Today I violate my usual rule of "do not blog about thyself." For months I have been telling my opponent Mike Bednash that, for better or worse, this case was headed for the blog. And it's a stress claim-so who doesn't want to read about... Read More

Tags: Cassandra Roberts , bipolarity , Delaware Detour & Frolic , substantial cause , substance abuse , Stress , Delaware Workers’ Compensation