Aviation

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on “Master Plaintiff and Defense Strategies in Modern Aviation Litigation” as part of a two-hour CLE webinar held noon-2:10 p.m. CDT on Friday, March 20, through myLawCLE. Presenting alongside Taylor Sandella of Kreindler & Kreindler of New York, he will offer practice-focused, strategic advice from intake to resolution on topics including targeted discovery and deposition strategies, maximizing recovery, and jurisdictional and…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the 60th Annual Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium on the “Update on the Boeing MAX Litigation.” Durkin traveled to dozens of countries over the past seven years, involving the litigation against Boeing in the crash of a 737 MAX8 jet in Ethiopia that killed all 157 on board. He will be speaking on March 31 at the two-day conference on this complex…

Family members from around the world traveled to New Orleans to hear arguments on Thursday, February 5, 2026, before a federal appeals court regarding the criminal case against Boeing in two deadly crashes of the 737 MAX8 jet. More than a dozen family members were present in the courtroom, and many reacted with great hope that the three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit will overturn the decision of the district court in Texas that dismissed…

Thirty-one families who lost loved ones in two crashes of Boeing 737 MAX8 jets will be arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday, February 5, at 11:30 a.m. CST, asking the three-judge panel to overturn the district court’s previous order dismissing the criminal case against the aircraft giant. The oral argument can be heard online here. Paul Cassell, attorney for the families and Professor of the S.J. Quinney College…

Clifford Law Offices’ counsel in the litigation involving the tragic crash of a UPS cargo jet that killed 15 people and injured dozens more said that the announced retirement Tuesday, January 27, 2026, of the entire fleet of the faulty jet that crashed is yet another example or “graveyard engineering,” or “the sad truth that corporations refuse to improve faulty engineering until there is a loss of life,” as Bradley M. Cosgrove, Partner, Clifford Law…

Internationally recognized aviation attorneys from Clifford Law Offices of Chicago, along with local Louisville attorney Sam Aguiar, filed a loss of consortium claim today, Friday, January 23, 2026, on behalf of the 15th individual to die as a result of the UPS cargo jet crash that occurred two months ago in Louisville, Kentucky. After battling extreme burns and other catastrophic injuries for more than seven weeks following the crash, Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was working…

Cases on behalf of a Canadian man who lost his parents and sister killed in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet settled late Tuesday, January 13, 2026, after a jury was selected and opening statements were set to begin Wednesday morning. The amounts were confidential. Robert Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and lead counsel for the plaintiffs, was set to give his opening statement this morning before…

The trial on behalf of a Canadian man who lost his parents and sister killed in the crash of a Boeing 737 jet began Monday, January 12, 2026, in federal district court in Chicago, with Robert Clifford leading the plaintiff’s trial team. U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso will be presiding over the trial to determine damages. It is expected to last one week. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago,…

The trial on behalf of a Canadian man who lost his parents and sister killed in the crash of a Boeing 737 jet begins Monday (Jan. 12, 2026) in federal district court in Chicago, with Robert Clifford leading the plaintiff’s trial team. U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso will be presiding over the trial to determine damages. It is expected to last one week. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago…