Posts by Crandall & Pera Law, LLC
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 pain. It literally changes ho your body responds to pain signals form the brain. In some ways, it is a miracle drug. But it also has a very high rate…
Read MoreShould There Be a Legal Age Limit for Playing Football?
A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times asks the same questions we have been asking: namely, should children – whose brains and bodies are still developing – be allowed to play football? It was written by Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered the link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and football. The new…
Read MoreAre Hospital Falls Considered Medical Malpractice?
When you are hospitalized for any reason, your healthcare facility has an obligation to make arrangements to protect you from any further harm. This includes considering the possibility that you may be unable to stand or walk on your own, especially following surgery or the administration of drugs. Whether hospital falls constitute malpractice is often…
Read MoreHospitals Are Killing Our Children
Alizabeth and Elvin Hana were devastated when their daughter was born with a brain injury in 2004. The birth injury was caused by severe oxygen deprivation, and the prognosis was not good. According to the Chicago Tribune, their daughter lived only three years because of the severe brain injury caused by the doctors at Rush…
Read MoreOxygen Deprivation as a Result of a Medical Error
Cerebral hypoxia takes place when the brain (and eventually the entire body) is not getting enough oxygen to stay alive. Hypoxic brain injury occurs when there is a decrease in the oxygen supply to the brain. This can be caused by many things such as a head injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, a rapid drop in…
Read MoreSuffering Woman Victim of Surgical Malpractice
In 2011, Rita Vasquez underwent cervical spine surgery at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. The surgery was intended to relieve the severe pain that she was suffering as a result of a compressed disc. Instead, Vasquez sustained serious injuries including vascular injury, hemorrhage, nerve injury, and continued bodily pain. Vazquez filed…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Parents of High School Football Players
New research from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University has found that “87 of 91 deceased NFL players tested were found to have evidence of the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.” The study found that the prevalence of the disease is overwhelming; 96% of former players had evidence of CTE, and…
Read MoreOnglyza and Kombiglyze XR Linked to Pancreatic Cancer and Heart Failure
For adults with Type 2 diabetes, there is a range of drug regimens available to control the condition. However, two drugs have recently been linked to acute pancreatitis leading to precancerous changes and an increased risk of heart failure. Onglyza or Kombiglyze XR both belong to a class of Type 2 diabetes medications called incretin…
Read MoreTwo Boys Hospitalized with Severe Sunburn
An Oklahoma mother sent her 5 and 7-year-old sons off to daycare for a day of fun at a splash park. Before the trip, Shaunna Broadway called Happiness is Learning to find out if she was required to provide sunscreen for her fair-skinned boys. She was assured that the facility would supply sunscreen and take…
Read MoreFeds Levy Huge Fine Against Kentucky Nursing Home
Diversicare of Nicholasville has received the largest fine in recent years after a January inspection found that an outbreak of scabies went on for months and affected 45% of residents. The facility was fined $891,350 because of the operators’ unwillingness to respond to nurses and their supervisors complaints about residents with rashes. One of the…
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