Millions of Americans drive in automobiles everyday, and a survey conducted by the Department of Transportation found that Americans spend one hour in a car everyday. The United States Center for Disease Control reported that traffic accidents were the number one cause of injury or death for Americans with a total of 43,432 people killed in 2004. According to the Illinois Department of Health a total of 1,478 people lost their lives as a result of motor vehicle accidents in 2004. Those accidents were the leading cause of death for young people aged 1-14 years old.

 

Clifford Law Offices has been representing the victims of serious automobile accidents for 30 years. The combined experience of the attorneys adds up to hundreds of years of personal injury and wrongful death work.

 

Robert Clifford was awarded a record $24.1 million verdict for an 8 year old Chicago boy for injuries he suffered when a Chicago Transit Authority bus struck him in a school crosswalk. Robert Walsh and Craig Squillace recently reached a $2.8 million settlement for a 16-year-old who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a bus struck the vehicle in which he was riding as a passenger. Tim Tomasik won $1,310,000 on behalf of the family whose 23-year-old daughter was killed after a speeding car rear ended her on the Eisenhower Expressway. Kevin Durkin & Brian Nash obtained $348,333 on behalf of a 42 year old male taxi passenger who sustained severe facial fractures and dental injuries when his cab ran a red light at an intersection and collided with another vehicle.

 

A Clifford Law Offices auto accident attorney examines the cause of the crash. It can be an issue of vehicle maintenance, driver fatigue, driver negligence, excessive speed, alcohol use, tire blowouts, sudden braking, brake failure, unsafe safety systems or warning devices, failure to yield the right of way, tailgating, or unsafe road conditions. The firm will also examine the automobile accident victims' losses that include medical expenses, lost wages, future earnings, future medical care, pain and suffering, grief, sorrow and mental suffering, loss of quality of life and other possible damage claims.