According to a recent report, a 30-year old driver was observed driving down Interstate 75 in the wrong direction earlier this month. His vehicle crashed into to a tanker truck, causing a spectacular explosion. The wreck was caught on film and showed that the...
A 74-year old man was killed in Greenup County when a traveling CSX train hit his truck. The truck driver was crossing the railroad tracks when the impact of the crash caused the truck to end up in the front yard of a nearby house. The police indicated that the lights...
Crandall & Pera Law would like to congratulate co-founder Steve Crandall, who has been admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The CFC is the modern incarnation of the oldest Court in American history (established in 1855). There are 16 judges,...
A pregnant woman addicted to opiates may fear that telling her physician or midwife about her addiction will be met with a judgmental attitude, as well as legal problems. It is common practice for healthcare providers to ask a woman about any substance abuse at her...
KFVS Channel 12 reported that on February 3, 2017 a 55-year-old Kentucky driver, Keith Brown, was injured when his vehicle rear-ended a semi-truck and trailer on Highway 641 North in Kentucky. The accident happened near Max Hurt Drive while the semi-truck was stopped...
Patients trust health providers to be competent at their job, to be properly trained, to make a correct diagnosis, and to prescribe the right treatment for their medical problems. Any health provider who provides negligent care that injures a patient can be sued for...
In January 2017, WKBN First News 27 reported that a chain-reaction truck accident occurred on the Ohio Turnpike when a semi-truck overturned, causing three other tractor-trailers to collide in their attempt to avoid the overturned semi. The accident happened around...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently telling cardiologists and hospitals that heater-cooler devices used during heart surgery pose risk for serious medical complications. The dangers exist because many of these devices may have been...
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, have been warning hospitals, medical centers, and doctors about contaminated heater-cooler devices used in cardiothoracic surgery. These devices appear to have left their...
