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August 3 would have been Dylan Yadriel Cruz-Pantoja’s 18th birthday. He passed away the morning of Nov. 9, 2019. His family will be commemorating his wonderful life by donating a garage full of medical equipment to needy families in Chicago, particularly in the Hispanic community. When Dylan was born in Puerto Rico, he was given six months to live. They subsequently moved to San Antonio, Texas. Through the care of his loving family, Dylan instead…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Charles R. Haskins, associate at the firm, obtained on Thursday, June 24, 2021, a $3.35 million verdict on behalf of a woman who suffered permanent brain damage following an undiagnosed brain tumor. The five-man-seven-woman jury deliberated eight hours following a two-week trial in Wheaton before returning the $3.35 million verdict against Dr. Li Zhang, a neurologist, who treated the 33-year-old woman for migraines for five years….

CHICAGO, IL (May 2021) – Four lawyers from Clifford Law Offices have been included as Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar by The National Law Journal. This is the first year that The National Law Journal is giving special recognition to this “select group of young lawyers under age 40 who are up-and-comers in the plaintiffs bar.” The Clifford lawyers recognized are: Sarah F. King (Partner) Tracy A. Brammeier (Associate) Charles R. Haskins (Associate) Marta…

On Friday, April 16, 2021, Clifford Law Offices filed two lawsuits in Illinois against United Airlines on behalf of two passengers who suffering significant trauma stemming from a flight that experienced a fiery engine loss while traveling from Denver to Hawaii on February 20, 2021. UA Flight 328 Boeing 777-200 was en route to Honolulu when four minutes after takeoff an explosion occurred, and the right engine was engulfed in flames. Pilots were forced to…

Several passengers have retained Clifford Law Offices after suffering severe post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a United Airlines flight that experienced a fiery engine loss while traveling from Denver to Hawaii on February 20. UA Flight 328 Boeing 777-200 was in route to Honolulu when four minutes after takeoff an explosion occurred, and the right engine was engulfed in flames. Pilots were forced to turn back to Denver as passengers witnessed the plane on fire…

FOR PRESS AND MEDIA: Photos and Video Can Be Accessed Here U.S. DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg met Wednesday, March 10 with the family of Samya Rose Stumo who died in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash in Ethiopia. This was Secretary Buttigieg’s first in-person meeting since his confirmation. March 10th marks the two-year anniversary since the plane went down killing all 157 on board. For nearly an hour, the Stumo family told Buttigieg and a staff…

FOR PRESS AND MEDIA: Photos and Video Can Be Accessed Here Family of Boeing Crash Victim to Meet March 10 with DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Two-Year Anniversary of Crash; Commemorative Luminaria Vigil to be Held Outside FAA Headquarters; Protest at Boeing Same Morning Families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the March 10 Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial vigil in front of the U.S. Federal Aviation…

A hearing is scheduled tomorrow (Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 at 9:30 am CET) by the Transport Committee of the European Parliament who has summoned the Executive Director of its civil aviation agency EASA to answer questions regarding the anticipated ungrounding of the dangerous Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after having been grounded nearly two years following two crashes that killed 346 people. Victims families of the crash of the Boeing aircraft in Ethiopia on March 10,…

Boeing agreed Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to pay a mere $243.6 million fine to settle criminal conspiracy charges, plus compensation to victims families and airline customers, ending a roughly two-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Justice Department, but the families who lost loved ones saw little justice in this rushed criminal settlement process that excluded them. Government officials said Boeing employees concealed information about its 737 Max airplane that was involved in two crashes that claimed…