Robert A. Clifford

A newly married 27-year-old woman is killed when the wing of an aging seaplane sheared off immediately after take-off to the Bahamas from Miami.

A 37-year-old woman is a paraplegic due to a sustained vertebral fracture she suffered while touring a home that was under construction. She fell ten feet when the flooring in the house gave way.

Confidential settlement involving serious injuries incurred in a premises liability case.

A small plane crashed in Woodruff, Wisconsin, killing a mother of six children and her husband, passengers on the plane. (Policy Limits)

Speeding hearse hits squad car on routine patrol, severely injuring police officer; black box in hearse recorded speed. Click here to read more about this case.

A 37-year-old woman suffered a broken leg when struck by a truck when crossing the street in Chicago.

A small charter fishing plane crashed in a remote area of Canada carrying four friends on August 24, 2002. A 41-year-old business executive from Geneva, Illinois, was killed. Clifford Law Offices represented his family and obtained a $4.2 million settlement.

A 42-year-old construction worker suffered a comminuted, angulated, and displaced fracture of the proximal third of his tibia when a steel beam, on which he was walking, gave way due to improper weld.

Aviation accident lawyer Richard Burke obtained a $6.8 million verdict as a result of the crash of a Piper aircraft in northwest suburban Schaumburg, Illinois on behalf of a Plainfield woman who suffered injuries as a passenger when the plane ran out of gas. The National Law Journal recognized this success as the "Verdict of the Week" in May 2002.