Media Appearances

Clifford Law Offices recently won a favorable verdict in two cases of wrongful death involving grain bin tragedies that took place in 2010. That makes this the second instance in as many years of negligence involving grain bins that necessitated legal action and resulted in justice for the injured last year and for the families of the deceased last week. The Chicago Tribune brought much-needed attention to these cases with coverage and bandwidth so that…

In what is the highest verdict for a minor outside of Cook County, yesterday Clifford Law Offices obtained a $16 million verdict for two teenagers who were killed in a grain bin incident in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, in 2010. Each of the boys’ families were awarded $8 million, a record in the state outside of Cook County in the wrongful death of a minor, according to John Kirkton of the Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter….

Ten years ago the City of Chicago was shocked by a fire that broke out in the Cook County Administration Building in the heart of the Loop. Clifford Law Offices represented a number of people who were injured or who lost loved ones in the blaze. Bob Clifford looks back with ABC reporter Paul Meincke on the lessons learned from that tragic event. Click here to view story.

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was quoted in a front-page story in USA Today (July 12, 2013) on the inaction of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the urgent need for aural warnings to pilots when they are flying too slowly. Aviation investigators have told reporters that low air speed is one of the major problems in the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight…

For some 10 years, aviation safety advocates have been asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to equip all commercial aircraft with low air speed alerts, a technology that warns pilots with a loud oral warning that the speed of the plane is too slow. The FAA has not acted, despite the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) making that recommendation. Senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, Robert A. Clifford, also made the FAA aware of this…

July 11, 2013 • USA Today reports on Bob Clifford’s efforts with FAA to push for low airspeed alerters • San Francisco Chronicle publishes Op Ed column by Bob Clifford on his work in trying to make flying safer • San Francisco Chronicle reporter talks to Bob Clifford in front-page story on low-airspeed alerters. READ MORE • Bob Clifford Speaks with New York Times reporter on Asiana Crash and Boeing liability. READ MORE • Kevin…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been out in front on the issue of low air speed alerters, a “focus of contention” now in light of the tragic Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco. As reported by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Demian Bulwa in a front-page story today (July 10, 2013), Clifford spoke about how the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been recommending systems on planes that would both visually…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, was interviewed Sunday by reporter, Stephen Magagnini, of the popular California newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, on the possible causes of the Asiana Airlines crash. In a wide-ranging interview on Saturday’s tragic crash that left two young girls dead and dozens more injured, discussed issues from a plausible scenario that could have occurred to the Boeing 777 aircraft that crashed at San Francisco International Airport. His entire interview can…

The state’s largest medical malpractice insurance carrier reportedly reached a record $57 million in profits last year, according to an article in Crain’s Chicago Business written by reporter Andrew L. Wang. This comes after ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company predicted the opposite following the Illinois Supreme Court overturning an unfair $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in med mal cases. ISMIE insures more than half of Illinois’ physicians. The net income it filed with the state is…