Robert A. Clifford

Disabled firefighter develops chronic pain syndrome after physical therapist improperly administered functional capacity exam.

Surgeon errantly failed to remove sponge during procedure requiring a second surgery to remove the surgical sponge.

When an employee of Medline Industries, one of the nation’s largest suppliers of medical and surgical products, alleged that the company was engaged in a kickback scheme, the result was among the largest settlements of a False Claims Act case (whistleblower) in which the government declined to intervene.

A 67-year-old married man killed when a speeding, overweight semi-tractor trailer rig strikes his vehicle.

A 35-year-old male passenger suffered multiple facial, arm, rib, and hip fractures, requiring surgery, when driver lost control of vehicle and struck a tree.

Cook County employee fractures hip and shoulder after speeding Metra heading to Chicago derails when conductor ignores switch signal and fails to perform a successful crossover from one track to another.

Falling ice from downtown building strikes a 39-year-old woman in the head, causing concussion, lacerations, and broken teeth.

A 51-year-old man's herniated disc is aggravated requiring surgery after being rear ended by a truck in Wisconsin.

A 49-year-old male snowplow driver suffers herniated disc after striking unmarked hazard in parking lot requiring cervical fusion.