Posts by Crandall & Pera Law, LLC

Josh was only a teenager when he was paralyzed by a surgeon who negligently plunged an instrument he was using into Josh’s spinal cord, causing permanent damage. Despite the obvious negligence Dr. Lindell’s insurance company, ProAssurance, denied his claim and fought the case for many years by delaying the case and hiring lawyers to take…

A major guardrail supplier has been found guilty of defrauding the federal government by selling systems that can malfunction during crashes and slice through cars, according to a recent article in The New York Times. In 2005, Trinity Industries made changes to its rail head – the flat piece of steel at the front of…

What do you do when safety devices designed to protect you in your car end up becoming deadly? This is exactly what happened to Florida woman Hien Tran, who died last month after a faulty airbag exploded during a car accident, sending shrapnel flying into her neck. Detectives searched for clues about the stab wounds…

More than one in six U.S. hospitals currently have trouble stamping out infections that could become deadly, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.  About one in every 25 hospitalized patients gets an infection nationwide, leading to 75,000 deaths each year – more deaths that from car crashes and gun shots combined. In Ohio, Kentucky…

Should a bar be held liable when overserving a patron turns to tragedy? That’s what Deborah Floyd of Cincinnati believes after her husband was struck on his bicycle and killed by a drunk driver coming from Ethel’s Tavern in February. The driver, Todd Shaw, drank six or seven beers at another bar that morning before going to…

Substantial changes are coming for the government’s five-star rating program for nursing homes and its controversial criteria basis, according to a recent article in The New York Times. By 2013, nearly half of all nursing home facilities nationwide received four- or five-star ratings by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. But the current rating system…

Medical records are raising new questions about the treatment the only person to die from Ebola in the United States received when he first sought care at a Dallas hospital, according to a recent article in The New York Times.  When Thomas Duncan arrived at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Sept. 25, he had…

Four out of five heart attacks in men can be prevented with healthy lifestyle changes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  The study’s researchers estimate that fewer than 2 percent of Americans follow lifestyles considered ideal for cardiovascular health. This includes maintaining a healthy weight and…

With increasing concern that doctors are too quick to recommend spinal surgery, exercise is being proven as a relief to not go under the knife in many cases, according to a recent article in The Columbus Dispatch.  Although exercise can seem like the worst idea when it hurts to move, spinal surgeons are finding that…

One of the most frequently-prescribed class of antibiotics may cause debilitating side effects much worse than the issues they are used to cure, according to a recent article in USA Today.  A citizens petition is asking the Food and Drug Administration to alert physicians and consumers about the potentially dangerous consequences of fluoroquinolones. This includes…