Bob Clifford to Speak on Closing Arguments at ITLA Seminar
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Tracy A. Brammeier Named New Associate at Clifford Law Offices
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Follow Up on Indiana Megabus Crash
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that 28 people were injured in a Megabus crash Saturday (Dec. 20, 2014) in downstate Indiana on I-65 that shut down the roadway while rescue crews worked to get people to area hospitals. The driver of the bus has been identified in the media as a 50-year-old man from Olympia Fields, a southern suburb of Chicago, who lost control of the vehicle as he was changing lanes near mile marker…
Megabus Crash in Indiana Injures 27
Yet another Megabus incident reportedly has left more than two dozen people injured as it traveled from Chicago bound for Louisville, Kentucky, about 250 southwest of Chicago. The final stop was to be Atlanta, Georgia. The double-decker Megabus reportedly slid off an Indiana highway near Seymour, Indiana, and flipped on its side, injuring some 27 passengers who were taken to local hospitals. It was reported that 70 people were on board. Rescue crews responded at…
Webcast on the Ethics of Conflicts of Interest
On Thursday, February 19, 2015, Clifford Law Offices will sponsor a free two-hour continuing legal education program called “The Ethics of Conflicts of Interest” in the eighth annual Clifford Law Offices Continuing Legal Education Series. The program will provide attendees advice on the following questions: When are you barred from representing multiple clients or appearing adversely to a current or former client? When is the representation permitted with the clients’ informed consent, and how should…
Clifford Law Offices Aviation Attorneys Available to Speak on Maryland Plane Crash; Black Box Data Indicates Plane Stalled and Pilot Failed to Recover
Clifford Law Offices has dealt with many cases involving aircraft that have crashed due to the stalling of one or more engines and a pilot’s failure to recover from the upset. After a press conference today held by officials of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), it was revealed that the initial cause of the plane crash that left six people dead, including two small children, Monday in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was due to just such…
Black Box Recovered in Maryland Plane Crash
The black box containing information regarding the plane crash in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been recovered by National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators. Monday’s (Dec. 8, 2014) crash left six people dead, including two small children, in the suburb of Washington, D.C. The black box contains the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. Investigators also are reviewing a series of 911 calls that came in after the twin-engine Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100 reportedly broke into…
Small Jet Plane Crashes into Maryland Home: 6 Reported Dead
A small jet plane crashed on Monday morning (December 8, 2014) into a home located in the residential neighborhood of Gaithersburg, Maryland. ABC News reported that the impact of the plane in the Washington D.C. suburb resulted in a fire that spread to several nearby houses. It was also reported by the Associated Press that the death toll has not reached six – three people who were inside a house that was hit were killed…
School Bus Crash Kills Three in Knoxville, Tennessee
A tragic crash involving two school buses in Knoxville, Tennessee, killed two children and one adult Tuesday afternoon and injured another 27 people, most of them young children. The horrific event has left the entire community in mourning. Two buses were bringing school children home on a Tennessee highway when one bus reportedly made a sharp left turn and crossed over a concrete median, hitting the second school bus that was traveling in the opposite…