Wrongful Death

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, authored a column in the June/July issue of Chicago Lawyer Magazine, titled “Time for a Redesign?” examining a wrongful death claim involving Tesla’s electronically activated door systems and the broader vehicle safety concerns raised by the litigation. The lawsuit, filed in 2026 by a Massachusetts family, alleges that their teenage son died from fire and smoke inhalation after a crash in his 2021 Tesla…

A Chicago Tribune investigation, published June 7, 2026, examined the deaths of eight women following cosmetic procedures performed by Chicago plastic surgeon Dr. Ayoub Sayeg and raised serious questions about patient safety, regulatory oversight, and accountability in office-based surgical settings. Clifford Law Offices Partner Bradley Cosgrove was quoted in the article as he represented one of the victim’s families, and many of those questions were addressed in a Cook County courtroom nearly two years ago….

Bradley M. Cosgrove, Partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke to the press during the last two days of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings investigating the probable cause of a UPS cargo jet crash in 2025. Clifford Law Offices filed the first wrongful death lawsuits in Kentucky regarding this UPS cargo jet crash. Cosgrove said, “It is unbelievable how the lack of communication among the parties simply isn’t there as to how a plane…

Boeing’s Safety Review Board (SRB) for the second of 10 prior MD-11 aft pylon bearing failures concluded in 2007 that an undetected aft pylon bearing failure could cause damage to the aft pylon lugs that keep the engine attached to the plane; however, based on information provided at today’s NTSB hearing on the UPS cargo jet crash, Boeing may not have advised the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or operators of this potentially catastrophic aft pylon…

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, who filed the first wrongful death lawsuits in Kentucky regarding the November 2025 crash of a UPS cargo jet, is in attendance on the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings alongside some of his clients. “The NTSB’s Preliminary Report and early hours of its Public Hearing show that Boeing, UPS, and ST Aerospace (aircraft maintenance provider for UPS) MD-11 engine pylon structural safety…

The families of several victims who were injured or killed in the November 2025 crash of a UPS cargo jet shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, were in attendance at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C., along with dozens of others attending, who were shown videos and photos in the introductory remarks. Many chose to stay in a private room set aside for the grieving families,…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, who has been involved in every major commercial airline crash in the U.S. in the last five decades, said he was disturbed by the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) initial findings revealed in a press conference that occurred on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Those findings included a detailed, second-by-second summary of the last three minutes of the Jazz Aviation airplane’s Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)…

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…

Press conference was held November 24, 2025, at 11:00 am CT. Video recording of the conference can be viewed below. Clifford Law Offices filed a lawsuit on Monday, November 24, 2025, against a popular west suburban bar in the death of a mother killed by a man who was overserved there, then slammed into her disabled vehicle. Joseph T. Murphy, Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has filed suit against Rafferty’s Irish Pub in Countryside after…