About Medical Malpractice and our Chicago Birth Injury Attorneys

In litigating these lawsuits, the firm's malpractice attorneys develop the cases beyond the line of improper treatment, diagnosis and surgery and investigate if medical products and drugs were involved as well as the liability of any health maintenance organization. You can find more information on our experience in hospital malpractice and birth injury litigation at our page on medical and hospital negligence. Moreover, it is important to note that as a result of our litigation in areas ranging from aviation liability to personal injury and wrongful death, many defective products and dangerous practices have been changed or abandoned altogether. Susan Capra, partner at Clifford Law Offices, is also a registered nurse and prior to her becoming an attorney she worked at Children's Memorial Hospital. She has handled numerous medical malpractice cases involving infants and preemies including drug overdoses and the negligent medical care of babies. Keith Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices and Past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, regularly handles complex medical malpractice cases involving the negligent care of premature babies as well as surgeries and other medical procedures involving various doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.

We look forward to putting our experience to work for you. Because they are complex cases, in Chicago, it's important to select a lawyer with in-depth knowledge of many facets of birth injuries. To get started, just use the form on your right to email us with some details on your case and a convenient time for us to call. You can also call us toll free at 1-800-899-0410 or (312) 899-9090 if you are in the Chicago, Illinois area.

Every member of our firm upholds the highest principle of the legal profession in placing the individual client first. The firm often is said to set the standard in professional excellence. Clifford Law Offices has handled medical malpractice claims involving every medical specialty. Click here to review recent judgments and settlements by our Chicago birth injury lawyers.

Recent Birth Injury and Malpractice Settlements and Judgments by Clifford Law Offices

4/29/2005 Keith A. Hebeisen & Susan Capra $2,300,000

Negligent care during labor and delivery of infant boy in breech position resulting in nerve damage causing permanent disability of both arms

2/14/2005 Robert A. Clifford & Keith A. Hebeisen $16,000,000

Newborn suffers brain damage when oxygen is cut off after doctors and hospital personnel fail to perform timely caesarean section

1/29/2005 Keith A. Hebeisen & Susan Capra $1,500,000

Wrongful death of 11-month-old infant due to hemorrhaging after negligent insertion of a central line for the administration of chemotherapy