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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was on the scene at Palos Hills, a southwest suburb of Chicago, where a 2000 model year, twin-engine Beech Baron 58, tail number N31EW, crashed late Sunday night after takeoff from Chicago’s Midway Airport with three Kansas physicians aboard. All three unfortunately were killed in the accident that apparently came without warning or any signal to air traffic controllers that a problem existed, according to numerous media reports. Some…

After more than 15 hours after at least 18 people were injured in Megabus overturning near Indianapolis on northbound I-65, passengers arrived in Chicago, according to ABC 7 Chicago. Indiana State Police reported to the press that the accident resulted when the bus driver swerved to avoid a disabled car on the wet road, causing the double-decker topple over, ABC 7 Chicago reported. According to Indiana State Police Sgt. Rich Myers, the events were as…

After a double-decker Megabus flipped over outside of Indianapolis early Tuesday morning, at least 18 passengers have been taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, according to NBC Chicago. Thirty-five additional passengers were taken to hospitals but almost immediately released, NBC Chicago reported. According to Coach USA North America, the line’s parent company, the bus crashed at around 4:30 a.m. while traveling on a route beginning in Atlanta and ending in Chicago, NBC Chicago reported. The…

Police authorities have divulged that at least 14 people were injured when a Megabus traveling from Atlanta to Chicago flipped over and off of the road traveling northbound on I-65 in the vicinity of Indianapolis, ABC 7 Chicago reported. The number of injured has been reported as high as 26, according to Fox News Chicago. Indiana State police reported that the bus overturned while possibly swerving to avoid another crash just before 5 a.m. this…

Press Release October 14, 2014 While officials sort out the facts about what occurred in today’s tragic Megabus crash in Indiana, Clifford Law attorneys are available to speak on similar passenger buses including the 2012 Megabus crash on I-55 near mile post 57. In that crash, the front left tire of the Megabus blew out, causing the bus to veer to the left. The bus ran off of the road and entered the median where…

NTSB Next Step in Crash Involving Three Physicians Killed in Small Plane Crash in Southern Suburbs Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are on hand in the southern suburbs investigating the crash that killed three Kansas doctors in a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron aircraft. Apparently, no distress signal was emitted from the plane and it just dropped from the sky late Sunday night, according to early reports. Clifford Law Offices has discovered that the…

For the Gen X-ers, they know what this means. It’s the title of a popular song made famous by the musical group, the Black Eyed Peas. In legal circles, it became a copyright legal battle over whether the song was stolen by the internationally popular group from a young up-and-coming Chicago artist who wrote a song “Boom Dynamite.” In an article by Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices and Editorial Board member…

October 7, 2014 Judge Henry Simmons (Ret.), Managing Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been appointed to the Northern Illinois University College of Law Board of Visitors. The purpose of the Board is to increase awareness of the law school’s mission and programs within the Illinois legal community as well as serve in an advisory capacity to the administration and faculty in the evaluation of the law school’s educational programs. Among the current members of…

October 6, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be one of the “celebrity” instructors at Fred Lane’s 36-week Trial Technique Institute sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014). His topic will be “Opening Statements” and includes 54 hours of continuing legal education credit for those who registered for the entire session. Drop-in guests are allowed but will not receive the credit for the…