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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…

October 3, 2014 Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be moderating a panel of judges, including Judge James P. Flannery, Lorna E. Propes and James M. Varga at a Chicago Bar Association (CBA) program entitled “Overlooked Aspects of Trial: Pointers and Pet Peeves from the Bench.” Cosgrove, who in the past year has successfully achieved three verdicts, including what is considered the first one nationally involving the controversial Yasmin medication, was just…

Clifford’s Note’s October 3, 2014 Chicago Lawyer: Clifford’s Note’s By Robert A. Clifford A friend of the firm recently was diagnosed with a brain tumor that has to be operated on immediately. She called and asked our medical-malpractice team, “Who is a good neurosurgeon?” As a personal-injury attorney for nearly 40 years, a question I am often asked is, “How do I find a good doctor?” It may sound like a strange question to ask…