LIABILITY CLAIM

Aviation Liability

Clifford Law Offices is involved in airplane crash litigation around the world. The firm’s highly experienced trial attorneys have successfully represented passengers and crew members involving commercial aviation litigation as well as private aircraft, corporate jets and helicopter crashes. The firm has brought lawsuits against a number of major airlines and aircraft manufacturers involved in these tragedies in the last 20 years.



Commercial Aviation Liability

Clifford Law Offices is involved in air-crash litigation around the world. The firm has represented passengers and crew in cases against virtually every major aircraft manufacturer and has earned a distinguished reputation for managing litigation arising from commercial air disasters.


Construction Liability

Injury to either workers or visitors while on construction sites occurs throughout the United States, and often they are due to the unsafe nature of the worksites. Power tools, partially built structures, scaffolding, ladders, lifts, heavy machinery and rotating crews of tradesmen account for some of the hazards on construction sites. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency that regulates safety measures on construction sites.
If the injured party’s employer is the cause of the injury and unsafe condition, the victim can turn to worker’s compensation while recuperating from the injury. Many incidents, though, are complicated and involve numerous parties who were involved in the negligence on the jobsite. Such cases require separate construction liability suits to compensate the victim and his or her family for injury or death for the negligence. Several tort theories of liability, including negligence and strict liability, may be pursued by lawyers representing those who bring a lawsuit against all possible defendants responsible for the tragic incident. Considering the circumstances, general contractors, subcontractors, site owners and manufacturers of the tool or machine being used may be held liable for the injuries.

The complexity of construction liability cases often requires an experienced attorney pursuing a construction liability lawsuit on their behalf.

Clifford Law Offices has represented many accident victims involving various types of construction work including scaffolding accidents. For example, the scaffold accident law firm received a $75 million settlement for the injured victims and the families of those who were killed and injured when a scaffold fell from Chicago's John Hancock Center. On the eve of trial, the defendants settled in a global settlement after nearly four years of preparation for trial. A large section of the scaffold crashed on the car of four women, killing two friends in the front seat and severely injuring their mothers in the back seat. The mothers spent more than 30 minutes while the Chicago Fire Department extricated them from the tragic accident. Several defendants shared the blame for this tragic scaffold accident including the owners and managers of the building, the architects of the window improvement project for the building and the engineers of the project.
Robert Clifford also received a $1.1 million settlement on behalf of a 47-year-old ironworker who was injured and unable to continue his trade when the scissors lift he was driving fell into an excavation hole covered by snow at a warehouse construction site. Clifford and partner Richard

Clifford Law Offices represents many workers who have been injured while on the job. They can be found on the firm’s website under its Record of Justice. These cases are complicated and involve much work. The lawyers at the firm are committed to working hard for its clients in their attempt to obtain what is just and fair for their clients.
Read more about the various types of construction accidents which Clifford Law Offices has worked on:
Bridge Collapses
Building Collapses
Construction Zones
Crane Accidents
Negligent Trenching

Scaffolding Accidents



Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer

Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd. is a Chicago law firm that since 1978 has been successfully representing people who have been seriously injured. The cases we handle include motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, police misconduct, product liability, wrongful death, birth trauma, work accidents and brain or spinal cord injuries. If you or a loved one have been seriously injured, we will help you obtain the maximum financial compensation to which you are entitled.

Choosing the right lawyer to represent you is a critical decision. Your lawyer must coordinate all aspects of the case - investigation, research, hiring the best expert witnesses, etc. He must stand up for your rights and know how to overcome the various procedural obstacles that your case will encounter on its way to trial. Once in the courtroom, your lawyer's skill, his ability to communicate effectively with the jury, and his legal knowledge will all play decisive roles in persuading the jury to award you damages.

If you believe you have a meritorious case, please don't just hire the first attorney you hear about. Come in and personally meet with me, Don Shapiro, and I think you will see why I'm considered one of the top lawyers in the United States. Our initial evaluation and consultation is free, so you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Moreover, all cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, meaning that we only charge you if we are successful.