A woman walking in Chicago’s Loop was struck by a street pole that suddenly fell on her as she walked on the sidewalk near the State of Illinois Building. Paramedics were called to what is known as the Thompson Center at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, to give aid to a woman lying on the sidewalk. They then rushed her to Northwestern Hospital after she was struck by a light pole that apparently collapsed from…
Seventeen people were injured on Saturday, June 22, 2019 when a staircase collapsed at Scott Colona Family Park in Colona, Il, near the Quad Cities. The media reported that at least six fire departments including the Colona Fire Department, the Illinois State Police and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene to take 17 people to area hospitals. They ranged in age from seniors to people in their 20’s who all had toppled on…
In what has been called a “nightmare,” Virgin Atlantic airlines passengers heading from Orlando, Florida, to London, England, were on board a plane that then sat on the tarmac for two hours in sweltering heat before it was canceled earlier this month. It was reported that the air conditioning on the aircraft, loaded with families and children, had failed. Temperatures in the plane were so high that passengers were collapsing and some were vomiting before…
Some disturbing new details have emerged as authorities examine the cause of a bridge that collapse over an eight-lane highway less than a week after it was put in place, killing six people near Miami, Florida. NBC News and other media outlets are reporting that cracks were found on the bridge days before the collapse of the 950-ton bridge was an overpass for students to walk from Florida International University to nearby Sweetwater, Florida. And…
Horrific scenes of a bridge collapse at Florida International University (FIU) tells the story of at least four people killed today (March 15, 2018) beneath the tons of concrete and twisted metal, according to authorities at the scene in Miami, Florida. In what is being described as an “instant bridge” that was completed less than a week ago, now comes news that the bridge at an overpass at the college outside Miami collapsed Thursday afternoon,…
Clifford Law Offices, a nationally recognized personal injury and wrongful death law firm based in Chicago, wants to help find answers for the victims of the nation’s most deadly shooting in recent history. The attorneys at Clifford Law Offices have a wealth of experience representing victims of violence, having represented a number of people who were injured or killed in the tragic E2 nightclub stampede that occurred on Chicago’s South Side in 2003. There, a…
Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Cubs on behalf of John “Jay” Loos who permanently lost the sight in his left eye when a foul ball came screaming off the bat of a hitter at the August 29th Pittsburgh Pirates game at Wrigley Field. Click here to learn more about the lawsuit. At the press conference (click to view) on Monday, October 9th, Jay made the following…
Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chicago Cubs on behalf of a Schaumburg man who permanently lost the sight in his left eye when a foul ball came screaming off the bat of a hitter at the August 29th Pittsburgh Pirates game at Wrigley Field. John “Jay” Loos, 60, was injured as he sat in a seat close to the field. The complaint was filed in Cook County…
Robert Montgomery, a Chicago lawyer, along with Clifford Law Offices of Chicago as co-counsel, obtained a $2 million verdict for a man who fell and tore his rotator cuff four years ago at a Schereville, Indiana restaurant. Following a three-day trial, the five-woman-one-man jury decided late yesterday (Aug. 24, 2016) the severe injuries were worth $2 million less 30 percent for the comparative fault on the part of the plaintiff, Richard Liska, 51, of Berwyn….