Personal injury involves injury to an individual. This area of law allows the injured person to sue in a private action called a civil action or known in the legal community as a tort action. A "tort" is a wrong against a person. Any accident or injury against a person can constitute a tort -- whether it be in a car accident, a boating accident, the use of a product, or the negligence of a professional.
Clifford Law Offices has represented people in transportation accidents of all sorts. Planes have crashed into the ocean, tragically killing all aboard. Clifford Law Offices is called by many of the victims' families to help sort through the legal morass. The lawyers at the firm also understand the nuances of cruise ship accidents. The tragedy that occurred in the Italy cruise ship disaster involved thousands of people. It has been compared to the Titanic. Lots of questions will arise. Lives were lost. Many were injured. Everyone will remember the fear of that Friday night for the rest of their lives. Many of them will need a cruise ship lawyer to help them put their lives back together. Clifford Law Offices is here to help.
One of the most frequent types of personal injury or wrongful death claim involves transportation liability: accidents, including boating accidents, that occur when people are on the move. If you are involved in a boating accident, need a Chicago jet ski accident attorney or other watercraft accident attorney, and think you have a claim, it is best to first speak to an attorney before talking to the other parties' insurance companies. At Clifford Law Offices, we have expert boat accident attorneys in Chicago that are available for consultations. We have successfully handled many complex boating accident cases.
Accolades for Clifford Law Offices
Clifford Law Offices received national first-tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation in the 2010 U.S. News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" Guide. Thousands of clients and law firms were surveyed by U.S. News-Best Lawyers. This is the first time that a national ranking has been compiled and it was featured in the October print issue of U.S. News & World Report. Robert Clifford, senior and name partner at the firm, was named the 2009 Best Lawyers' Top Personal Injury Attorney in Chicago. The firm also received Metropolitan First-Tier rankings in Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiffs' Product Liability Litigation and Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice Law in what some have called the most comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession. Thousands of law firms and clients were surveyed. Robert Clifford has been named a Best Lawyer since the publication's inception in 1983. Kevin Durkin and Keith Hebeisen, partners at the firm, were named Best Lawyers in the 2011 edition. Robert A. Clifford was selected in 2004 as one of the "five most respected and feared plaintiffs' attorneys" in the country by Corporate Legal Times, calling him "the best of the bad." The National Law Journal named Mr. Clifford's firm on the "Plaintiffs' Hot List: 20 Go-To Teams" in 2004 and one of the top 25 firms in 2003. The publication also named Robert Clifford one of the Top Ten Litigators in Illinois as well as one of the nation's Top Ten Litigators. American Lawyer Media recognized Mr. Clifford as one of the Top Ten Most Influential Lawyers in Illinois in 2000. He has consistently been voted by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America , and he was named one of Chicago's "30 Toughest Lawyers" by Chicago Magazine in 2002. He was selected to be a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 trial lawyers from around the country.
Boating accidents? Chicago transportation liability attorneys and Chicago watercraft accident attorneys with Clifford Law Offices are available for consultations.
