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A huge crane collapsed on Saturday April 27, 2019 in downtown Seattle, Washington, falling on cars below killing four people, including two ironworkers in the crane. The cause of the crane collapse is under investigation. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a statement, “Determining how and why this tragedy happened will take time.” The scene is eerily reminiscent of the scaffolding collapse that occurred in downtown Chicago in 2002 when the large structure collapsed from…

Clifford Law Offices of Chicago and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy of San Francisco, internationally recognized aviation firms, filed lawsuits on Monday, April 29, 2019, on behalf of the families of 10 Canadians who were killed in the tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max8 aircraft. The victims include three generations of one family, and the wife and three children, including a nine month old of another family, all from the Toronto area. The complaint was…

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy at DePaul University College of Law held April 25-26. Academics from around the country gathered for the two-day program to discuss “Rising Stars: A New Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice.” DePaul Professor Stephan Landsman, current organizer and director of the symposium, led the discussion among more than two dozen other law school faculty members including Maggie Gardner…

The “Trial of Megacles: A Test of Democracy,” a mock trial sponsored by the National Hellenic Museum in which founder and senior partner Robert A. Clifford defended Megacles before a packed audience of lawyers, will air this Sunday (April 28, 2019) on Lakeshore Public Media, WYIN Channel 10 in Chicago at 8 p.m. The one-hour broadcast also can be viewed in high definition for Comcast/Xfinity subscribers on Channel 239 at that time. Clifford, along with…

Erin E. Clifford, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Clifford Law Offices and President of Lawyers Lend-A-Hand, is co-chairing the Annual Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Spring Awards Dinner Thursday (April 25) honoring Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lorna Propes. Judge Propes will be receiving the Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Philanthropic Award for her work in the Chicago legal community. The event will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel at 5:30 p.m. The dinner and…

Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices, is scheduled to moderate and speak at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Trial & Practice Tips Seminar May 10. King, who also serves as Vice Chair of the ITLA Women’s Caucus that is planning this event, will be speaking on Pre-Trial Motions. Other speakers include Hon. Lorna E. Propes and Hon. Clare E. McWilliams, both of the Law Division of the Cook County Circuit Court. The…

Uber is an undeniably hot name right now, with the company having just released its long-anticipated IPO prospectus. But those soaring revenue and user-base numbers released with the filing leave out one crucial element of the rideshare business: As one of the top ridesharing companies in the world, Uber has a great responsibility to its customers and their well-being, and ignoring that responsibility can have tragic consequences. Bob Clifford of Clifford Law Offices reminded us…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be sworn in as president of the Catholic Lawyers Guild May 1st. Justice Anne Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court will swear in Menaker and all of the officers at 5 p.m. at Jenner & Block, 343 Clark St., 45th Floor, Chicago. The Very Rev. Gregory Sakowicz, Rector at Holy Name Cathedral and Pam’s brother, will give the opening prayer. Registration for the meeting is…

Despite assurances from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg that fixes to the Max aircraft will make the planes “even safer,” on April 15, 2019, United Airlines announced that it will be grounding its Max8 fleet through mid July. Boeing’s top executive apologized last week for two recent crashes of the Max8 aircraft and admitted that a software update would prevent further disasters, according to ABC Network News. The announcement by United Airlines comes on the heels…