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Seventeen people were injured on Saturday, June 22, 2019 when a staircase collapsed at Scott Colona Family Park in Colona, Il, near the Quad Cities. The media reported that at least six fire departments including the Colona Fire Department, the Illinois State Police and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene to take 17 people to area hospitals. They ranged in age from seniors to people in their 20’s who all had toppled on…

Clifford Law Offices has been listed in Top Verdict’s “Top 10 Verdicts in Illinois in 2018” list. Listing #7 Amount: $21,500,000.00 Attorneys: Robert A. Clifford, Bradley M. Cosgrove, and Charles R. Haskins of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Case: Estate of M.D. v. Justice Park District, et al. This was a $21.5 million verdict on behalf of a family whose son drowned on a weekly trip to the Bridgeview Park District Pool. The verdict was the…

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices, obtained an $8.5 million settlement on behalf of a mother who died after childbirth at Stroger Hospital following the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat signs and symptoms of ongoing bleeding from a placental abruption. Leticia Lara, 38, died Nov. 28, 2013, following the delivery of her child. On the day of delivery, she had an increased heart rate and decreased blood…

Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, testified Wednesday (June 19, 2019) before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee at a public hearing on proposed changes to various court rules. In particular, Hebeisen, past president in 2005-2006 of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), testified on behalf of ITLA regarding Proposed Rule 18-01 that would require statewide use of a standard HIPPA order, which is now required only in Cook County. Hebeisen testified that…

Nadia Milleron and Michael Stumo, parents of Samya Stumo who was killed in the tragic crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 in Ethiopia on March 10, attended a second hearing held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee today. Representatives from the aviation industry including the pilots association, the flight attendants association and Captain Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger who safely landed a plane on the Hudson that had problems shortly after takeoff all testified…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, called the deaths of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend and the ensuing media coverage “unprecedented” in America. Clifford, who spoke on the Pete MacMurray Show, discussed the “dream team” of lawyers who Clifford called “formidable.” He also talked of the many police mistakes that led to O.J. Simpson being found not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In a civil trial two years later,…

​Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on WGN radio (720 AM) on Thursday, June 13th 2019 on the 25th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman, the criminal case against former superstar O.J. Simpson, and the $33.5 million wrongful death lawsuit that followed. ​Pete MacMurray, radio host, will be talking to Clifford about the wrongful death lawsuit filed in California by the family of Ron Goldman that…

Two families who lost loved ones in the crash of the 737 Boeing Max8 aircraft in Ethiopia on March 10 met Monday (June 10, 2019) with the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The meetings are believed to be the first of their kind with victims’ families. At the request of Paul Njoroge of Canada, who lost his wife and three small children and his mother-in-law, and…

Leaders from 19 bar associations in Illinois pose with newly elected Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (fourth from right, front row) at a reception held in her honor. Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner Pamela Sakowicz Menaker and President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago (third from right, front row) had the opportunity to speak with the Mayor at the event attended by more than 1,000 lawyers and judges.