In the wake of the second Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people from 35 countries, family and friends of 52 of the victims sent a letter Tuesday (Aug. 6, 2019) to the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Department of Transportation asking for a full regulatory review of the aircraft before it is ungrounded. The families were joined by 109 relatives and friends of another 30 victims…
The mother and brother of Ethiopian Air crash victim Samya Stumo were at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Headquarters in Washington DC on August 1st, 2019, in protest of comments made yesterday at a US Senate hearing by Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety. They are scheduled to meet with Bahrami at 3 pm August 1st, 2019, at his FAA office. Nadia Milleron and Tor Stumo stood with signs in front of the…
In response to Federal Aviation Administration officials’ statements before Congress yesterday, Nadia Milleron, the mother of Samya Stumo, one of the Boeing 737 Max victims, is protesting in front of the FAA offices at 800 Independence Av. SW, Washington, D.C. at noon on August 1st, 2019. Associate Administrator of Aviation Safety, Ali Bahrami, testified yesterday that following the airplane’s 2018 crash in the Java Sea, the FAA’s analysis of Boeing’s 737 MAX’s MCAS software revealed…
Clifford Law Offices, along with their co-counsel, received the 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Public Justice on Monday, July 29 at Public Justice’s Annual Gala and Awards Dinner in San Diego. Lieff Cabraser partner Robert J. Nelson accepts the 2019 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Public Justice on behalf of the State Farm team with Erin Clifford, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Clifford Law Offices. The team was recognized…
No matter the scale of the damages, car accidents bring significant emotional and physical stress to the victim. And in some cases, that damage extends beyond the individual to financial losses, such as a totaled car or unmanageably high medical bills. When that happens, filing a lawsuit is one of your options. Before you decide to pursue this route, however, it’s important to be aware of the entire timeframe of events that happens in car…
Bob Clifford had the honor of meeting Justice John Paul Stevens in 2017 when he was awarded the Chicago Bar Association’s Award in Stevens’ name. In 2018, Kevin Durkin received this prestigious award. Clifford Law Offices sends its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Justice Stevens. He truly was one of the great legal minds of the century.
Lisa Fletcher, ABC Senior Investigative Reporter, reports on Boeing’s intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill during an emotional hearing on the deadly Boeing 737 Max 8 jet crashes. Click below to watch the interview. She sits down with Paul Njoroge, a father who lost his whole family in the March Boeing crash, after he testified on Wednesday, July 17th. This hearing was different – family members of victims of plane crashes have never been invited before…
Paul Njoroge, who lost his whole family in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 in Ethiopia, testified before the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee held in Washington, D.C. today. This is the first time that family members have been allowed to address a congressional hearing about the Boeing 737 Max8 plane that was involved in the recent airplane crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Njoroge, represented by Clifford Law Offices, who lost his wife, three children…
Paul Njoroge, a Canadian who lost his wife, three children and mother in law in the March 10 crash of the Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia, has been invited to testify Wednesday (July 17, 2019) before the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Such a move is unprecedented as family members of victims of plane crashes have never been invited before to testify before such an investigative body. Njoroge, a Kenyan native, lost…