Robert A. Clifford

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.

Improper insertion of surgical screw during lower back surgery resulted in nerve injury.

A 19-year-old freshman dies of alcohol toxicity due to university's failure to adequately train resident assistant on duty to recognize the signs and symptoms of severe alcohol toxicity.