Wrongful Death

Plaintiff alleged that her son’s suicide during psychiatric care was preventable by correctional personnel.

Confidential

Plaintiff’s estate alleged negligent hiring and retention against Defendant for permitting an employee with various reported felonies to perform door-to-door sales at an apartment complex. As a result, Defendant’s employee became involved in a physical altercation with Plaintiff resulting in injuries and eventual death to Plaintiff. (Policy Limits)

A 97-year-old woman was dropped and sustained a serious orthopedic fracture that led to her unfortunate death four days later. This is a record settlement for a nursing home case in Knox County, Illinois.

Negligent obstetric care at birth at a downstate hospital which resulted in the wrongful death of an infant at 1 day old.

Plaintiff died as a result of medical staff failing to properly diagnose and treat his coronary artery and ischemic cardiac disease.

Despite risk factors for coronary artery disease, a 56-year-old woman was taken to surgery for a hysterectomy without a pre-operative cardiac consultation. She died of a heart attack shortly after the surgery.

Clifford Law Offices obtained a $21.5 million verdict on behalf of a south suburban family whose son drowned on a weekly trip to the Bridgeview Park District Pool four years ago. Click here to read more about the case.

Plaintiff's decedent, an adult with developmental disabilities, resided in a group home in Will County. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants' acts and omissions resulted in decedent's death.