Wrongful Death

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.

A 64-year-old man died as a result of dehydration and kidney failure that resulted from inadequate evaluation and a premature release from the emergency room following a fall to the ground when a residential porch collapsed.

Death of a 23-month-old child as a result of the hospital and anesthesiologist's failure to cancel an ERCP procedure due to lack of adequate personnel or equipment to treat complications and a failure to properly run a pediatric code.

Death of a husband and a father due to the negligence of a Northern Illinois Hospital and its physician's failure to diagnose and treat a pericardial effusion.