Wrongful Death

Bradley M. Cosgrove, Partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago who filed the first wrongful death lawsuits in Kentucky regarding the crash of a UPS cargo jet last year, spoke to the press the last two days during the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings that is investigating the probable cause of the 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…

Clifford Law Offices has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit arising from the January 29, 2025, midair collision between  American Eagle Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army helicopter near DCA airport in Washington, D.C, on behalf of the family of Casey Crafton. The tragic and avoidable incident claimed 67 lives. Aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, announced the Crafton family’s lawsuit at a press conference in Washington, D.C….

Clifford Law Offices, a leading aviation firm based in Chicago, filed Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, pre-case claims against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Army involving a passenger killed in the January 29 midair crash of an American Airlines regional jet with a military helicopter, killing all 67 on board. The claims were filed on behalf of the widow and children of Casey Crafton of Connecticut. He died as a result of the…