Record Settlements & Verdicts

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Clifford Law Offices was recognized by TopVerdict.com for obtaining the #1 jury verdict in the state of Illinois for 2019. Our Chicago personal injury law firm obtained a record $101 million verdict on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. The verdict was obtained by founder and senior partner, Robert A. Clifford, along with firm attorneys Bradley M. Cosgrove, Keith A. Hebeisen, Charles…

CHICAGO, IL (August 2020) – Clifford Law Offices’ $101.6 million medical malpractice verdict in 2019 was recognized for the number one verdict in Illinois by Top Verdict, an entity that lists the top 10 jury verdicts obtained by plaintiffs’ in cases that were tried in state and federal courts in Illinois. A team of medical malpractice lawyers at Clifford Law Offices obtained the record $101.6 million verdict on behalf of a baby who sustained brain…

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, wrote an article for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Summer 2020 Trial Journal magazine titled, “Practice Tips: Opening Statement in a Medical Malpractice Case, Estate of Gerald Sallis, Jr vs. West Suburban Medical Center et al“. In August 2014, at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, expectant mother Ms. Sallis’ external fetal monitoring strips were ignored for six hours by multiple medical professionals. This…

A team of medical malpractice lawyers at Clifford Law Offices obtained a record $101 million verdict on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. Following a month-long trial, Keith A. Hebeisen, Bradley M. Cosgrove, Sarah F. King and Charles R. Haskins obtained the record verdict on behalf of now five-year-old Gerald Sallis who was brain damaged at birth when his external fetal monitoring…

Clifford Law Offices was recognized in five of the TopVerdict™ lists for 2018. According to TopVerdict.com, the organization “[recognizes] U.S. law firms and attorneys who have obtained one of the highest jury verdicts, court awards, or settlements, in the Nation or an individual State, in a particular area of law, and year.” Clifford Law Offices is listed in the following: Top 10 Premises Liability Verdicts in the United States in 2018 #10 Amount: $21,500,000.00 Attorneys:…

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 malpractice and child abuse cases. The jury deliberated less than…

Kevin P. Durkin, partner 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 high was $4.35 million settlement in 2007 for a brain damaged infant. Randy Ritter,…

After a week at trial, Robert A. Clifford and Kevin P. Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices, along with associate Tracy A. Brammeier obtained a record $35 million settlement on behalf of a 24-year-old woman who was severely injured after a truck ran over her at a Chicago street corner and dragged her for 60 feet. The settlement is considered a record in the state of Illinois for any verdict or settlement involving a pedestrian….