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CHICAGO, IL (May 2019) – Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is given annually to someone selected by a committee appointed by the ITLA president. “The recipient is someone who has devoted, as Leonard did, a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, has done more than is called for,…

When most of us read the words “commercial vehicle,” we think of eighteen-wheeler trucks that weigh tens of thousands of pounds and cause catastrophic damages in a collision. But these so-called big rigs are just one kind of commercial vehicle on the road, and they’re not the only type you may encounter in the event of an accident. Small vans and buses can be commercial vehicles, as could a tiny sedan in certain circumstances. Because…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be receiving the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award at its 47th Annual Convention. A committee decides on giving the Award to a lawyer each year who has demonstrated “a substantial part of their life and their practice to ITLA, someone who has done more than is called for” in the name of Ring, a prominent trial attorney…

Susan Capra, a partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, answers common medical malpractice questions. Susan is also a registered nurse and has combined her medical knowledge with her legal education to help those who have been injured by healthcare professionals. She understands all that it takes to put together a successful medical malpractice case because these matters are highly complex. What is medical malpractice? Susan: Medical malpractice is a cause of action for damages…

Clifford Law Offices of Chicago and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy of San Francisco filed lawsuits on Monday, April 29, 2019 on behalf of the families of 10 Canadians who were killed in the tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max8 aircraft. The victims include three generations of one family, and the wife and three children, including a nine-month old of another family, all from the Toronto area. The complaints come on the heels of Boeing’s…

Truck driving comes with a unique set of safety considerations, both for the one behind the wheel and for passengers in surrounding vehicles. The mere size of something like an eighteen-wheeler makes it much more complex to drive — or even pass on the highway — and therefore makes any kind of collision with it equally sizable. And while they’re not always fatal, truck accidents need to be treated with the utmost seriousness. This is…

A huge crane collapsed on Saturday April 27, 2019 in downtown Seattle, Washington, falling on cars below killing four people, including two ironworkers in the crane. The cause of the crane collapse is under investigation. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a statement, “Determining how and why this tragedy happened will take time.” The scene is eerily reminiscent of the scaffolding collapse that occurred in downtown Chicago in 2002 when the large structure collapsed from…

Clifford Law Offices of Chicago and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy of San Francisco, internationally recognized aviation firms, filed lawsuits on Monday, April 29, 2019, on behalf of the families of 10 Canadians who were killed in the tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max8 aircraft. The victims include three generations of one family, and the wife and three children, including a nine month old of another family, all from the Toronto area. The complaint was…

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy at DePaul University College of Law held April 25-26. Academics from around the country gathered for the two-day program to discuss “Rising Stars: A New Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice.” DePaul Professor Stephan Landsman, current organizer and director of the symposium, led the discussion among more than two dozen other law school faculty members including Maggie Gardner…