Personal Injury Lawyer Chicago

Personal Injury Lawyer Chicago

Clifford Law Offices is ranked one of the top Chicago law firms, with 20 personal injury attorneys. Our personal injury law firm concentrates in complex personal injury litigation such as for wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability, premises negligence and transportation liability, including car-truck collisions, train accidents and aviation litigation. We are a nationally respected law practice; Bob Clifford has been named 2009 Lawyer of the Year for Chicago personal injury litigation by Best Lawyers.

Record of Justice:

Grandmother killed when the car in which she was a passenger was side-swiped by a truck hauling gravel on the I-88 Tollway Construction Project.Outcome: $273,250 Partial Settlement
Carpenter installing a gable on a residential roof falls and injures his back and legs after general contractor failed to enforce safety program.Outcome: $865,000 Settlement
A one-year-old boy suffered permanent brain damage after choking on an apple slice at a daycare center where workers failed to monitor him.Outcome: $14,000,000
48-year-old father dies after Chicago-area hospital failed to admit him without performing proper and timely exams and failed to treat bleeding in his brain.Outcome: $1,200,000 Settlement.

Chicago area hospital failed to timely diagnose lung cancer in 69-year-old woman, resulting in metastasis to her brain and adrenal glands.Outcome: $1,500,000 Settlement
47-year-old meat packer dies after hospital employee fails to conduct routine tests to detect blood clot in man's leg following brain surgery.Outcome: $3,650,000 Settlement
Young mother is in labor for 25 hours with prolonged periods during which her baby was deprived of sufficient oxygen and suffered from poor fetal tones; her son is born w...

Outcome: $2,500,000 Settlement

Practice Areas
Aviation Litigation
Commercial Aviation Liability
Construction Liability
Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical Litigation
Medical Malpractice and Hospital Negligence
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Transportation Liability
Wrongful Death

We Can Help
As you consider the lawyers of Clifford Law Offices when you need to select your Chicago personal injury attorney, it's important to understand that, just as every lawyer is an individual, not every case is the same. We start by talking to you, to get your story. For the cases we accept, we want to assign the personal injury attorney on our staff who has a great deal of experience and success in arguing similar cases. To get an idea of the success record of our firm, please visit our Record of Justice section.

Clifford Law Offices represents many people in personal injury actions. For example, we represented an employee of a major department store who was severely burned in an explosion in the north suburbs of Chicago. Accident lawyers from the Chicago law firm also represented a critically injured victim in an explosive power plant fire in Indiana. Lawyers at the personal injury firm also represented those involved in a gas explosion at a suburban home. There are different degrees of fault and several elements are necessary to prove in court, in order to be successful against the wrongdoer in a tort action. Clifford Law Offices determines if the accident or injury is potentially recoverable in a court of law. Consulting one of our experienced Clifford Chicago personal injury lawyers will provide a sound basis on whether to pursue an action in court.

In other Illinois personal injury actions, Clifford Law Offices represented Rob Komosa, a teenager who was tackled into a goal post and then tragically became a quadriplegic. The high school field where it happened has since moved the goal post further from the field and has added padding to the steel post. Rob has bravely gone on to try to help other quadriplegics. Also, Robert Clifford received a $14.2 million verdict for an 11-year-old Boy Scout who was injured while on an outing in a forest preserve, as reported in the Chicago Sun-Times. Mr. Clifford also was awarded a record amount for a 21-year-old swimmer who was rendered a paraplegic when he broke his neck in a diving accident, according to the Chicago press. Robert Clifford also received a $29.6 million verdict following a month-long trial on behalf of Rachel Barton, an internationally-acclaimed violinist who was severely injured in a commuter train accident. Every Chicago injury lawyer in our firm places the interest of the client first...please call or email Clifford Law Offices about your case.

Blog from Our Personal Injury Law Firm. Clifford Law Offices tries to keep abreast of news of professional and public interest that occurs in Chicago and around the country. Our Personal Injury Law Blog is organized by date and by topic, such as articles on premises liability, medical malpractice and on the National Transportation Safety Board. We hope that you find the entries of interest.

Clifford Law Offices' Aviation Web Site Clifford Law Offices has a separate website that focuses on the work of its experienced aviation accident attorneys. Because we are a national leader in aviation litigation, the website discusses the experience and accomplishments of the lawyers at the firm on behalf of those injured or killed in commercial airline crashes. The site also examines the small plane crash cases, corporate jet crashes and helicopter crash tragedies that have been handled by the firm. To visit the site, please see www.CliffordAviation.com, or simply click one of the following links to review the qualifications of each aviation attorney or the accomplishments of our aviation law firm.

A finite number of law firms in the country have experienced aviation law firms, and we welcome the opportunity to consult with your local lawyer or referring attorney about these matters.