The numbers are impressive: Sarah King is only 28. She hasn’t even been practicing law for four full years. But in 2013 and 2014, King second-chaired medical malpractice cases that have brought in a total of nearly $31.5 million in positive verdicts for her clients. In every year from 2012 through 2015, King second-chaired a complicated medical malpractice case. These cases brought in significant verdicts ranging from $1.8 million to more than $15 million for…
Robert A. Clifford and Bradley M. Cosgrove, partners at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $20 million settlement today (Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015) after being assigned to trial on behalf of a man who was severely injured when a tractor carrying hazardous materials t-boned his vehicle. Eugene Hajer, then 47, was traveling on eastbound I-113 in his pickup truck on Jan. 3, 2009, when he made a left-hand turn onto a farm access road in order…
Tracy A. Brammeier, associate at Clifford Law Offices, moderated a program sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section (YLS) of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) designed to provide a basic introduction to the Cook County Circuit Court’s practices and procedures. Brammeier, YLS Special Project Coordinator, put together an afternoon program that addressed the nuts and bolts of practice in the court that included Hon. James P. Flannery, Jr., Presiding Judge of the Law Division of the…
Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, this afternoon (Nov. 4, 2015) obtained an $8.25 million verdict against a Chicago hospital on behalf of a family who lost their father and husband due to negligence following a total knee replacement surgery. Adam Szwarek, Sr., was a patient at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago from December 8 – 10 of 2009. Following the surgery, he suffered a heart…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently revealed that the Volkswagen emissions scam extends to thousands more cars including the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, the 2014 Touareg and the several more Audi models. In September, it was revealed that as many as 11 million cars were affected worldwide. The New York Times reported yesterday (Nov. 2, 2015) that the EPA discovered emissions-cheating software on more vehicles than previously reported, and now has found the illegal software…
Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been invited to speak at the Law Seminars International Conference on VW: Auto Defect Class Actions with Global Ramifications. The advanced all-day seminar will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans Dec. 2 and features top lawyers from around the country familiar with this subject. Clifford will be speaking on “Dealing with Parallel Government and Regulatory Investigations” and the special issues…
Clifford Law Offices, a nationally renowned personal injury firm, today (Oct. 26, 2015) filed a lawsuit against Uber and an Uber driver for injuries to a passenger when the driver turned into oncoming traffic at the busy Ohio Street intersection that merges off the Kennedy Expressway. Yates M. French, a Chicago attorney, was injured as a passenger in the back seat of an Uber car on Oct. 14, 2015, that turned westbound from Wells Street…
The Law of “Dibs” By Robert A. Clifford Reprint from the American Bar Association Litigation Journal, Fall 2015 You’re patiently waiting in your car for someone to pull out of a parking spot only to have someone come out of nowhere and zip into it without any acknowledgment that you had dibs on it. George Costanza on Seinfeld would have none of that when he stood for weeks in an empty parking spot because the…
Clifford Law associate attorney, Kristofer Riddle has two sides of his personality that combine to work in service of his clients. He is a well-liked, thoughtful attorney with knowledge well beyond his years. His role has him involved in handling some of the most complex litigation at the firm. He does so with a steady, even demeanor, one that his clients and his colleagues appreciate and respect. But don’t be fooled by his affable…