Consumer Awareness

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined Chicago attorney Karen Conti on her WGN 720 Radio legal news and opinion talk show on Sunday, January 12, 2025, to discuss the issue of pharmacy malpractice. As an award-winning medical malpractice attorney with experience handling complex personal injury cases stemming from a range of malpractice issues, Sarah King offered valuable insights into common issues surrounding pharmacy malpractice, how to avoid being affected by these mistakes,…

Shannon McNulty, partner at Clifford Law Offices, joined host Lisa Dent on WGN 720 AM Radio on September 25th to discuss the government filing a lawsuit against the country’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). A PBM is a third-party company that manages prescription drug benefits for clients like health insurers, Medicare Part D drug plans, and large employers. PBMs act as intermediaries between health insurance companies and pharmacies. The US Federal Trade Commission has…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, spoke to Jon Hansen on WGN radio (720 AM) on Saturday, June 11, 2022, covering dangerous summer activities that can lead to increased injuries and deaths. Hansen referred to Clifford as the lawyer to turn to “when bad things happen.” Aside from additional boaters on the waters who need to take extra precautions such as knowing CPR and storing sufficient life preservers for all…

The concept of driverless cars is here to stay. America is competing in a global race to make driverless cars the norm, and as predicted, nearly all major car manufactures currently offer vehicles with varying levels of autonomy. Today, more people seem to want driverless cars, there is currently little legislation controlling the industry, and the size of the global autonomous vehicle market is projected to be valued at $556.67 billion by 2026. What’s not…

It’s that time of year when parents head to the stores (or more likely in 2020, go online) to find and purchase the toys their children want this holiday season. It’s also the time of year when safety groups release their annual “most dangerous toys” lists as a reminder to parents to research an item’s potential hazards before clicking the “buy now” button. About 240,000 children are treated at hospital emergency rooms for toy-related injuries each year…

Throughout these weeks and months of the pandemic, Americans have experienced grocery shopping to escalate from panic buying to waiting in line six feet apart while many stores limit the number of shoppers at the same time. Grocery shopping has remained one of the few exceptions to the shelter-in-place orders. Many folks, particularly the elderly, have opted for groceries to be delivered, which many large food chains are offering. Carry out from restaurants has saved…

Missa Bay, LLC is recalling over 75,000 pounds of salad products in 22 states, including Illinois, because it may be contaminated with E. coli. O157:H7. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said that salad products from Missa Bay produced between October 14, 2019 and October 16, 2019 are subject to the recall. They bear the establishment number “EST. 18502B” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The recall includes ready-made salads…

With the holidays fast approaching, many families are already shopping for toys from their children’s wish lists. And while this is a time of year many parents look forward to, it’s important to also remember that not all toys are created equal. Some, in fact, are much more dangerous than others. In the United States, roughly 217,000 children are treated at hospital emergency rooms for toy-related injuries each year, with one child being treated in…

Clifford Law Offices is currently investigating various features of travel insurance products offered by credit card companies and AIG Insurance Co. If in the past twenty-four (24) months, you have purchased via credit a travel insurance policy underwritten by AIG or its subsidiaries, and that policy was canceled in the last twelve (12) months, our attorneys would like to speak with you. Please phone us at 312-899-9090.