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Follow a two-part strategy to prevent gasoline can fires or explosions. First, seriously consider buying a gas can with a flame arrester. Often called “safety cans,” these containers are normally made of metal rather than plastic. Many feature a spring-loaded cap that closes automatically. Major manufacturers of safety cans include Eagle and Justrite, and prices range from $35 to $75 depending on the size of the can. No-Spill also makes a plastic gas can with…

August 21, 2013 Keith A. Hebeisen, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking Oct. 18 at the Chicago Bar Association’s (CBA) Trial Techniques CLE entitled “Strategies for Success at Trial.” Sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section Executive Council, Hebeisen, who has successfully tried dozens of cases in his 30-year career, will speak on “Trial Strategies from the Plaintiff’s Perspective.” Also speaking will be James Wideikis of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith on cross examination…

Three-year-old Landon Beadore was mom’s official little helper, according to his dad, Paul. One of his duties was to pick up toys before his mom mowed the yard. “He was putting his sister’s bike in the cellar when he accidentally tips over the gas can,” recalls his dad. “Vapors from the gas can went along the cellar floor. There was an ignition and the fire occurred.” Landon was burned over 47 percent of his body….

Three-year-old Landon Beadore was helping his mom pick up toys when he knocked over a plastic gas can just like the one pictured here. The pilot light on a nearby water heater ignited the gas fumes, which flashed back to the nozzle on the gas can, turning it into a firebomb. Landon’s horrible experience has been repeated more than 75 times throughout the country, burning and killing children, teenagers and adults. Many of these injuries…

This blog is intended as a follow-up to our previous blog posted on June 18th entitled “Illinois Speed Limit Increase: More Fatalities?” regarding Illinois Governor Pat Quinn having not yet approved the bill to raise the Illinois speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 75 mph. Mr. Steve Doner, Former Illinois State Chapter Coordinator for the National Motorist Association, would like to respond with an alternative opinion as outlined in the following…

Personal injury attorney seeks justice for two people injured from water tank falling off building in Chicago: Chicago attorneys Clifford Law files lawsuit

August 1, 2013 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, is serving as Co-Chair of the Illinois Bar Foundation (IFB) 2013 Gala to be held Oct. 18 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. At the awards dinner, Manuel Sanchez of Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman LLP will receive the Distinguished Award for Excellence. The IBF is the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. and will…

Clifford’s Notes, Chicago Lawyer August 1, 2013 By Robert A. Clifford The lights were out for a four-block area down 95th Street in Oak Lawn due to a malfunction that Commonwealth Edison repaired, but because of a lack of communication or just plain laziness, the street lights were not back on for five days. On the fourth night, a woman crossed 95th Street at Kenton Avenue, an intersection where there’s a bus stop. It’s dark…

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