Personal Injury

This matter asserted claims against the school district for sexual contact between a minor child and school teacher.

Robert A. Clifford, partner at Clifford Law Offices, announced a $52.5 million settlement on behalf of eight young, female acrobats who sustained severe, life altering injuries during an aerial performance with Barnum & Bailey Circus on May 4, 2014 at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.

Plaintiffs alleged sexual abuse on behalf of resident at an assisted living facility.

Plaintiff alleged workers caused physical harm to resident at assisted living facility.

Plaintiff was a Chicago Police Department officer en route to a robbery in progress when Defendant’s commercial van failed to yield to his squad car and struck him. Plaintiff was diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome and sustained various herniations in his lumbar spine where he will require a future back surgery.

The plaintiff alleged she suffered a gunshot wound when a resident of the defendant’s home accessed and discharged an unsecured gun. As a result, the plaintiff suffered traumatic injuries to the mouth and jaw area. (Excess Policy Limits)

A grammar school boy sustained a short-term head injury as a result of being thrown to the floor with excessive force by a school security guard during a minor student altercation.

A then eight-year-old girl sustained injuries to her right thumb due to a dog bite after she was asked to help a veterinary employee capture a runaway animal. According the John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter, this verdict is the highest verdict in the history of Illinois stemming from a dog bite. The previous record verdict in DuPage County was $335,000. Kirkton also confirmed that this verdict is the highest in the state for a thumb injury without other significant trauma. Click here to read more about the case.

A 16-year-old was exposed to cancer causing agents in water.