Month: March 2016
When You Need Real Help, Ask a Real Person
A new collaborative study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Internal Medicine issue found that smartphone “conversation agents” respond poorly to...
Ohio Dole Plant Will Be Center of Listeriosis Lawsuit
On January 21, Dole temporarily suspended operations at their Springfield plant. Six days later, the company issued a voluntary recall of all packaged products produced...
Deadly Dilaudid: How Poor Patient Monitoring and Medical Negligence Created a Killer Drug
Dilaudid (hydromorphone) is a popular painkiller. Hospitals give it to patients who are undergoing surgical procedures. Doctors prescribe it for people who live in chronic...
Rash of Truck Accidents Keep Ohio Valley Emergency Crews on Their Toes
The first week of February saw three separate tractor-trailer accidents in the Ohio Valley, two of which required the deployment of hazmat teams to control...
Tractor-Trailer and Truck Engulfed in Flames after Fatal Collision
Investigators are working to reconstruct a February 11 accident that left one man dead after two vehicles were engulfed in flames. The early morning accident...
It’s Official: Zika Virus Has Arrived In Ohio
Mosquito season is just around the corner, and Ohio public health officials are worried. There are currently five confirmed cases of Zika virus in the...
Another Reason to Throw Out Your Representative
Biotechnology giant Monsanto is the company that no one knows about. Founded in 1901, the company initially produced food additives before expanding into industrial chemicals....
Drug Companies Intentionally Overcharge Cancer Patients
A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has found that private insurers and Medicare waste almost $3 billion every year on cancer medications...
Kentucky’s Senate Bill 6 Can Only Harm Injury Victims
For the last six years, Senator Ralph Alvarado (R-Winchester) has sponsored Senate Bill 6 and met with failure in the House. The bill proposes to...
Congratulations, Marc Pera, on Being Recognized for Your Service to Your Clients!
All of us at Crandall & Pera Law are so proud to announce that Marc Pera has been named to the American Institute of Personal...