Posts by Crandall & Pera Law, LLC

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 questions about violence and mental and physical health. The results, which went live on March 14, were quickly hyped to an absurd degree. As of this writing, more than 450…

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 there. The next day, the US Food and Drug Administration confirmed the presence of the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes at the processing facility. The contamination resulted in a small but widespread…

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…

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 toxic substances spilled during the crashes. The accidents have caused road closures and created hazardous conditions for other motorists and first responders. One tractor-trailer was carrying propane when it wrecked…

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 happened on a sharp curve of Madison Pike in Fiskburg when a tractor-trailer pushed a pickup truck off the road, pinning it against a tree. The vehicles quickly caught fire.…

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 state. While those cases were contracted in other parts of the world, mosquitoes are able to pick up the virus and transmit it to others. What is Zika virus? According…

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. During a growth phase, the company manufactured controversial products including DDT, Agent Orange, and others. Today, the biotech behemoth is a multinational corporation; they have divested much of their chemical…

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 that are thrown out. The problem lies with drug manufacturers and federal governments’ hands-off approach to medication regulation. The combination of factors means that 10% of the volume of 18…

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 create review panels that would screen medical malpractice claims for patients seeking judgment. While the Bill has been amended several times, the primary goal remains the same. In fact, we…

All of us at Crandall & Pera Law are so proud to announce that Marc Pera has been named to the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys’ list of 10 Best in Ohio for Client Satisfaction! Marc’s tireless dedication to his clients serves as the basis of the award, and as anyone in our offices…