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It was 30 years ago (July 19, 1989) that the world was fixated on one of the most harrowing crashes in American history. United Flight 232 crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa’s airport after the aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine. Three pilots tried to control the aircraft as it cartwheeled down the runway, landing in a cornfield. The crash left 112 people dead and another 184 injured. Part of it was captured…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, President of CLG, spoke about the organization and her goals of increasing volunteerism this year to Justice Jesse Reyes of the Illinois Appellate Court on CAN-TV. The half hour interview will air 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, and will be repeated two weeks later at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25. Tune into Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV), Chicago’s public, educational and government access (PEG) cable television service, Channel 21. Justice Reyes…

Sarah F. King and Keith A. Hebeisen, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices, appeared Wednesday morning (June 26, 2019) on WBEZ radio (91.5 FM) in Chicago to talk about their recent $8.5 million settlement on behalf of the family of a newborn mother who died at childbirth. Hebeisen and King obtained the settlement against Stroger Hospital and another Chicagoland hospital on behalf of the family of 38-year-old Leticia Lara who died in 2013 following the delivery…

Robert A. Clifford is being named one of the 2019 Trial Lawyers of the Year by Public Justice. Public Justice is a national organization that celebrates and recognizes the work of an attorney or team of attorneys working on behalf of individuals and groups that have suffered grave injustice or abuse. Clifford is being recognized for his work in the $250 million settlement in Hale v. State Farm Insurance, a case that spanned 20 years…

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…