Tesla, the leading electric automaker, announced in October that it is equipping all of its vehicles, including the Model 3, its first affordably priced car, with the hardware needed for fully autonomous driving. Tesla’s president announced that its software will allow these cars to navigate even the most complex city streets and that by the end of 2017 all new Tesla vehicles will be able to drive coast to coast without anyone ever having touch…
A “litany of errors” is what the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today (Oct. 18, 2016) called the probable cause of a small plane that crashed in Akron, Ohio, last year killing all nine aboard, including seven executives from Florida. ExecuFlight 1526, a charter company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, crashed into an apartment building on November 10, 2015. No one on the ground was injured. NTSB investigators told the board that the pilots did…
Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 against a major trucking company whose currently unknown driver allegedly fled the scene after crushing the foot of a woman standing at a corner where the truck was making a right-hand turn on Chicago’s Southwest side. Cook County Circuit Court Judge John H. Ehrlich also entered an order on an Emergency Motion allowing Clifford Law Offices to subpoena the…
Clifford Law Offices is a sponsor of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation’s annual luncheon – a fundraiser to honor the lives of Chicago’s fallen police officers as well as provide support and assistance to their families. This year’s Fifth Annual Valor Awards Luncheon is Wednesday, October 12th 2016, at Harry Caray’s Seventh Inning Stretch Restaurant in Water Tower Place on North Michigan Avenue. Awards will be presented to four distinguished Chicago Police Officers for their…
Clifford Law Offices today (Oct. 4, 2016) filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking company and its driver who struck and killed a bicyclist near Damen and Addison last week. Anastasia Kondrasheva, a 23-year-old recent Loyola graduate, was biking to work the morning of Sept. 26 when a truck driver struck her as he made a right-hand turn onto a street marked for bicycle sharing. Ekaterina Kondrasheva, mother of Anastasia, filed the lawsuit in…
Clifford Law Offices, a long-time sponsor of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan, is an Academic Sponsor of its “el-e-vate” fundraising event Oct. 22. The academic sponsorship level is the equivalent to the cost of educating one student at the private school for a year. Clifford Law Offices has not only sponsored a student every year for more than a decade but also hires five students each semester part-time and, later, even as…
When you work with Clifford Law Offices: You always have an experienced lawyer on your case You receive responsive communication We are known for our long history of obtaining significant results We have a network of the world’s foremost experts in various areas of law You are treated like family Our dedication and hard work have led to many favorable outcomes over the past 30 years. We have obtained more than $5 billion on behalf…
Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has been named to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Executive Committee. Durkin has been active a number of years with the Memorial Foundation that gives back to the community in many ways including helping families of fallen and injured Chicago police officers. Durkin also sponsors a team every year in the Chicago Police Memorial “Run to Remember,” a 5K race that is its major fundraiser. Durkin has…
An Illinois federal judge late Friday (Sept. 16, 2016) granted class certification to plaintiffs representing 4.7 million State Farm policyholders involved in a complex Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) regarding an alleged scheme involving campaign contributions being poured into an Illinois Supreme Court justice’s race to influence the reversal of a $1.05 billion decision. If successful, that could result in a more than $7.6 billion payout from State Farm for the class given…