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Andrea L. Schlafer

Andrea L. Schlafer, Esq. is a Shareholder in Capehart Scatchard’s Workers’ Compensation Group. Ms. Schlafer focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation defense matters.

Court Holds That Federal Law Trumps State Marijuana Law

By on June 19, 2018 in NJ Workers' Comp, Other with 1 Comment

Twin Rivers Paper Company cannot be compelled to reimburse the costs of an injured worker’s medical marijuana because the federal Controlled Substances Act trumps the state’s Medical Marijuana Law. Gaetan Bourgoin suffered a work related back injury while employed at Twin Rivers Paper Company in 1989 in the State of Maine. Eventually he received total […]

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