New York regulators on Monday approved settlement agreements in two lawsuits that have contributed to the tortuous rollout of legal adult-use cannabis sales in the state.

Details of Monday’s approvals were not immediately available.

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The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) did not immediately respond to an MJBizDaily request for comment.

The settlements – reached earlier this month – must now be approved by a state judge before an injunction blocking the issuance of adult-use licenses in New York is lifted.

During an emergency Cannabis Control Board meeting Monday, board members voted unanimously to approve settlement agreements in two lawsuits:

The August lawsuit led to a judge imposing an injunction that halted more than 400 retail permit applications.

In the meantime, regulators opened the licensing process to both MSOs who hold medical permits as well as applicants who did not meet initial criteria for a Conditional

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The mother of a Trulieve Cannabis Corp. cultivation employee who died in January 2022 after collapsing at work filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, according to court records.

Lorna McMurrey, 27, died Jan. 7, 2022, after experiencing breathing problems while working at the Florida-based multistate operator’s cultivation operation in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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A report published Nov. 17 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that McMurrey died from “occupational asthma.”

In a complaint filed Monday in Hampden County Superior Court in Massachusetts, McMurrey’s mother, Laura Bruneau, claimed that her daughter’s “tragic and preventable death” was the result of negligence on the part of Trulieve and its contractors “with respect to the design and installation of the HVAC system.”

The suit, which seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages, alleges that the HVAC system “failed to properly ventilate the facility, and often leaked, causing

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Missouri regulators revoked the manufacturing license of Delta Extraction, which made infused THC goods that led to the recent recall of more than 60,000 products and millions of dollars in lost sales and inventory for retailers and brands.

The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) also accused Delta Extraction of additional violations – on top of the initial accusation that the company violated the rules by using out-of-state, hemp-derived THCA to manufacture infused products destined for Missouri store shelves, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. THCA, when heated, turns into THC.

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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) said in a news release Thursday the license revocation would take effect Dec. 2.

“While Delta Extraction’s use of out-of-state cannabis in our regulated system has been well-publicized and is a critical issue, DCR also found numerous other violations of rules at this facility,” the agency’s

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