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The Pantoja and Aquilar families finally got to meet on August 3rd at noon at ASI, a non-profit organization on Chicago’s northwest side dedicated to providing home care services, employment, and training since 1975. The Pantoja family drove up from San Antonio, Texas, on what would have been their son’s 18th birthday to celebrate with a recipient family of some of the medical equipment that their son, Dylan, never got to use. Dylan died at…

Susan A. Capra, Partner at Clifford Law Offices, is quoted in a book titled, Cancer Care Malpractice: An Attorney’s Guide to Understanding the Issues. Susan’s quote is on pages 185-186 and referenced on page 225: “Each cancer case, with a myriad of complexities, requires an individualized approach. There is ‘no one size fits all’. Common cancer case themes are failure to recognize symptoms, failure to order appropriate testing, lack of follow-up regarding test results, and…

Now that summer is in full swing and people are enjoying the outdoors, playgrounds are a popular place for families to congregate. That makes it a good time to remind parents and caretakers about the importance of supervising the children that play on and around these structures. The risk of outdoor injury increases as the temperatures rise, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that every year emergency departments in the United States…

A heartfelt congratulations to those of you who are graduating from law school this year and to those who have recently passed the bar! The study of law is no easy feat, but you faced a larger challenge than any other law school class, that of continuing your education through a worldwide pandemic. And still, you persevered.  As you get ready to embark on your career in the legal profession, we would like to share…

Kristofer S. Riddle, attorney at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a total of $56.78 million in settlements involving the derailment of Amtrak Train 501 outside DuPont, Washington, four years ago. The settlement concludes the cases filed by Clifford Law Offices in Federal District court involving a speeding Amtrak 501 train that left dozens of people injured and multiple fatalities. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the train was traveling at nearly 80 miles per…

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, partners at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $1.1 million verdict on June 4, 2021 on behalf of the estate of a 75-year-old man who died following a negligent cardiac catheterization procedure performed at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford in December, 2017. This was the first Winnebago County civil jury verdict in 16 months for a case that had been on hold for eight months due to…

The Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association introduced Tracy Brammeier as its next Chair as well as a new Executive Council at the YLS Annual Meeting that was held virtually on June 2, 2021. Brammeier, an attorney at Clifford Law Offices, P.C., focuses on aviation, transportation, premises, and construction liability in addition to other areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. She has been involved in the YLS as Public Services Manager and…

The Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association will introduce Tracy Brammeier as their next Chair as well as a new Executive Council at the YLS Annual Meeting, which will be held virtually on June 2, 2021. Brammeier, an attorney at Clifford Law Offices, P.C., focuses on aviation, transportation, premises, and construction liability in addition to other areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. She has been involved in the YLS as Public…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, will become the 2021-22 Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) Financial Secretary June 1 for a one-year term. The new officers will be officially installed at a virtual event June 17. King, who has been active with the WBAI for years, also serves on the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors and has been very active with Women Everywhere, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities…