A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his own use of cannabinoid oil (CBD oil) is covered by workers’ compensation.
It’s an argument he won last November with a ruling by a Commonwealth Court in his favor but the insurer appealed the matter and the Supreme Court on April 30 agreed to hear the case.
The attorney, Mark R. Schmidt, has been battling his employer, the Schmidt, Kirifides and Rassias law firm, and the Workers’ Compensation Board, over their rejection of his request for reimbursement of the costs for CBD oil that he uses for a work-related back injury.
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After a workers’ compensation judge in the Springfield district ruled in Schmidt’s favor, the Workers’ Compensation Board reversed that judge’s ruling, prompting Schmi