Clifford Law Offices has Experienced Product Liability Attorneys

At any moment during a person’s day, a products liability claim can develop without notice. From the lead in toys that our children enjoy to the tires on our vehicles that we trust to safely transport our families, the consequences of a defective product can be devastating. The area of law that has developed to remedy these situations is called products liability.

Products liability often involves complex litigation. The nature of a products liability claim is dependant on the jurisdiction, the type of product and the variety and cause of the defect. Product defects can surface in different facets of the user experience including defects in design, manufacturing or even when a manufacturer fails to warn of associated dangers in the product’s use. Moreover, liability in these cases can rest on many different parties ascending the supply chain up to the original manufacturer. After gathering all of this information, a knowledgeable attorney will determine the appropriate type of claim that should be pursued including negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty or fraud.

Clifford Law Offices often has been a pioneer in the field of consumer safety. From airplanes to automobiles, from baby blankets to household products, from toys to sports equipment, Clifford Law Offices has represented a wide array of products where the product design, manufacturing or warning was unsafe. For example, a client of the firm’s testified at a U.S. Senate hearing conducted in Chicago on the lack of safety of dangerous magnetic toys that severely harmed her young son’s intestinal tract. Rollovers of SUVs also have been a highly litigated issue at Clifford Law Offices with various automotive and truck manufacturers. Through the creative application of both law and engineering on behalf of its clients, Clifford Law Offices has worked with safety experts throughout the world to prepare and develop cases. The end result has been that many dangerous and failed products are now safer.

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. 

Clifford Law Offices has been a pioneer in the field of consumer safety. For a Chicago product liability attorney, call us for a free consultation.