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On Sep. 23, 2022, House Bill 447 regarding remote workers went into effect. According to Business Insurance, the bill limits a person's ability to receive compensation for injuries sustained while working from home. The bill does not mean getting workers' compensation...
Artificial intelligence can be a powerful tool for overcoming obstacles in the medical space, including those that are impeding progress in treating traumatic brain injuries. Some of the greatest advancements in AI treatment come from military TBI cases, which can be...
When an individual sustains a personal injury, they rely on medical professionals to administer treatment for their condition. The irony of this situation is that the very nurses who care for so many injuries become particularly susceptible to bodily damage in the...
You may wonder what your legal options are if you have been injured at work from someone committing a crime such as assault or robbery. Are you eligible for workers’ compensation benefits? Unfortunately, the likelihood of a violent encounter at work is relatively...
Attorney Richard L. Magill, partner at Heller, Maas, Moro & Magill Co., LPA. in Youngstown, has been appointed as section chair of the Ohio Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Law Section. This will be his second one-year term in the position. Section chairs...
Can you make it on less than $900 a month? In 2022, the maximum SSI benefit for an individual is $841 per month, and the average per person is $623. Think about it: Less than $900 a month to cover the basic necessities of rent, transportation, food, utilities, medical...
A hernia is a painful condition that occurs when an organ protrudes through a weak spot in the muscle lining of the abdominal cavity or groin. There are many things that can cause a hernia – from pregnancy to obesity to constipation. But one of the most common...
Ideally, everyone who suffers a work injury in Youngstown would fully recover. But this doesn't happen in the real world. Depending on things like the severity of your injury, your age and your underlying health, you might heal completely. Or you might only partially...
Many workers have transitioned to a work-from-home or hybrid work arrangement in recent years. As a result, the home can increasingly be the site of work-related injuries. A new bill in Ohio would limit workers’ compensation for injuries that occur in these...
Some of us have heard variations of this story: an employee feigns injury in order to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. However, in the vast majority of cases, this simply is not true. The image of fraud within the workers’ compensation is inaccurate. Studies...