Clifford Law

Robert A. Clifford, lawyer for dozens of families who lost loved ones in the crash of the Boeing 737 Max8 aircraft in Ethiopia, responds to today’s pledge by the aircraft manufacturer to create a $100 million fund addressing “family and community needs”: “This type of offer so early in the litigation process is unprecedented. Because there is still so much to learn about what occurred, it also appears to be disingenuous. Frankly, Boeing’s statement creates…

On June 27, 2019, lawyers from Clifford Law Offices, P.C. and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP appeared before Judge Luis Alonso at the initial In re: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 status conference. Bob Clifford primarily spoke on behalf of all the plaintiffs and their attorneys. Several major national media outlets reporting on the case attended the hearing and took note of Bob’s statements on behalf of the victims. The primary subject under discussion was the…

It was 30 years ago (July 19, 1989) that the world was fixated on one of the most harrowing crashes in American history. United Flight 232 crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa’s airport after the aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine. Three pilots tried to control the aircraft as it cartwheeled down the runway, landing in a cornfield. The crash left 112 people dead and another 184 injured. Part of it was captured…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, President of CLG, spoke about the organization and her goals of increasing volunteerism this year to Justice Jesse Reyes of the Illinois Appellate Court on CAN-TV. The half hour interview will air 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, and will be repeated two weeks later at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25. Tune into Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV), Chicago’s public, educational and government access (PEG) cable television service, Channel 21. Justice Reyes…

Sarah F. King and Keith A. Hebeisen, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices, appeared Wednesday morning (June 26, 2019) on WBEZ radio (91.5 FM) in Chicago to talk about their recent $8.5 million settlement on behalf of the family of a newborn mother who died at childbirth. Hebeisen and King obtained the settlement against Stroger Hospital and another Chicagoland hospital on behalf of the family of 38-year-old Leticia Lara who died in 2013 following the delivery…

Robert A. Clifford is being named one of the 2019 Trial Lawyers of the Year by Public Justice. Public Justice is a national organization that celebrates and recognizes the work of an attorney or team of attorneys working on behalf of individuals and groups that have suffered grave injustice or abuse. Clifford is being recognized for his work in the $250 million settlement in Hale v. State Farm Insurance, a case that spanned 20 years…

Seventeen people were injured on Saturday, June 22, 2019 when a staircase collapsed at Scott Colona Family Park in Colona, Il, near the Quad Cities. The media reported that at least six fire departments including the Colona Fire Department, the Illinois State Police and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene to take 17 people to area hospitals. They ranged in age from seniors to people in their 20’s who all had toppled on…

Clifford Law Offices has been listed in Top Verdict’s “Top 10 Verdicts in Illinois in 2018” list. Listing #7 Amount: $21,500,000.00 Attorneys: Robert A. Clifford, Bradley M. Cosgrove, and Charles R. Haskins of Clifford Law Offices, P.C. Case: Estate of M.D. v. Justice Park District, et al. This was a $21.5 million verdict on behalf of a family whose son drowned on a weekly trip to the Bridgeview Park District Pool. The verdict was the…

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices, obtained an $8.5 million settlement on behalf of a mother who died after childbirth at Stroger Hospital following the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat signs and symptoms of ongoing bleeding from a placental abruption. Leticia Lara, 38, died Nov. 28, 2013, following the delivery of her child. On the day of delivery, she had an increased heart rate and decreased blood…