Record Settlements & Verdicts

On Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 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. The verdict is the highest for a drowning in the state of Illinois. It is also the highest in the state for the death of a minor excluding medical...

Sean P. Driscoll and Kevin P. Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices, obtained on Monday, November 26, 2018, a record $5.5 million settlement on behalf of a man who was severely injured on his motorcycle. John Kirkton of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company confirmed that the settlement is the highest settlement or verdict that has ever been previously reported in McHenry County, IL. The previous...

Bradley Cosgrove (right), obtained a record verdict on behalf of a 42-year-old woman who suffered permanent and debilitating injuries when a metal door closer at a Wells Fargo branch office became detached and struck her in the head. The verdict is a record in DuPage County for a single plaintiff in nonmedical malpractice cases. Amy Skinger (center) of Aurora was entering the Wells Fargo mortgage...

Robert P. Walsh, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $2.25 million settlement in Kendall County on behalf of a mechanic who suffered a below-the-knee amputation and multiple fractures in an accident in Kendall County. The settlement is a record received in Kendall County for a motorcyclist accident, according to John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter. The previous high settlement or verdict was $78,000....

Keith A. Hebeisen and Sarah F. King, attorneys at Clifford Law Offices late Friday (Dec. 11, 2015) obtained a record $950,000 verdict in Ford County in a medical malpractice case. The verdict is a record involving a medical malpractice case in Ford County, according to John Kirkton of the Jury Verdict Reporter, who reported that the previous highest verdict or settlement in that county was...