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Some two dozen judges and academics from around the country gathered in Chicago April 24-25 for the 20th Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy that was marked by a taped conversation with Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States and Faculty Chair of the Symposium DePaul University College of Law Professor Stephan Landsman. The subject of the two-day program that offered 9.75 hours of continuing legal education…

As reported by Associated Press, the remaining seven federal court cases involving the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 that killed 50 people near Buffalo, New York, five years ago have settled in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthey. Robert A. Clifford and Kevin P. Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices, were set to try five of seven of these cases at the end of May. They settled for a confidential amount….

STATEMENT OF RAFAL AND MARIOLA ZAPALSKI On behalf of myself and my wife, we would like to say a few words about the seven long years that we have been waiting for this day. We both came from Poland to America for a better life. My wife and I were very happy in the Chicago area and we trusted the doctors here. Instead, because a doctor did not take care of my wife properly, she…

A press conference was held  on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Clifford Law Offices with Mariola and Rafal Zapalski, plaintiffs in the $14 million verdict in Cook County Circuit Court. Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, along with associate Sarah F. King obtained a $14 million verdict Friday (April 18, 2014) against the prescribing doctor on behalf of a 37-year-old Chicago woman who suffered a severe disabling stroke 13 days after starting the…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $14 million verdict Friday (April 18, 2014) against the prescribing doctor on behalf of a 37-year-old Chicago woman.

Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) 33rd Annual Ask-a-Lawyer Day is Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon. On this day, residents of Illinois with a question about a legal matter are invited to talk to a lawyer at no cost to them. According to Illinois Law Finder, lawyer volunteers will be standing by to provide general information about consumer problems, family law, estate planning, personal injury and other common legal matters. Callers will…

Molly Akers is set to run this year’s Boston Marathon on Monday in honor of Martin Richard, the youngest of the 3 victims of last year’s brutal attacks. Akers took up running because, as she puts it, “I needed something to do after my whole ordeal.” The ordeal she is referring to is an incident involving Akers having a healthy breast removed by an Illinois Hospital. The surgeon removed her right breast due to an…

A 29-year-old concert goer was seriously injured at a Live Nation concert in Tinley Park, Illinois (First Midwest Bank Ampitheater). Apparently he is not alone. Channel 2 investigative reporter Dave Savini is doing a story on Matt Zielinski, a client at Clifford Law Offices, who is suing for his injuries when he was attacked by a group of men with no security in sight. He merely had gone to the men’s room and was returning…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal in the April 10, 2014 issue in an article that discussed the need for review of procedures following international plane crashes. In a story entitled, “MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 PROBE PROMPTS REVIEW OF INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES IN PLANE CRASHES,” aviation reporter Andy Pasztor, reports on air safety officials reassessing long-established procedures in large commercial jet crashes. In light of the month-long…