Truck Accidents

罗伯特一个. 克利福德 and 布拉德利米. •, partners at 克利福德定律 Offices, obtained a $20 million settlement today (Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015) after being assigned to trial on behalf of a man who was severely injured when a tractor carrying hazardous materials t-boned his vehicle. Eugene Hajer, then 47, was traveling on eastbound I-113 in his pickup truck on Jan. 3, 2009, when he made...

Web Release December 3, 2014 罗伯特一个. 克利福德, senior partner, and Richard F. 伯克, partner at 克利福德定律 Offices, obtained an $11 million settlement on behalf of the driver of a car rear-ended by a semi-tractor trailer truck. A man was struck from behind at a red light by a fully loaded tractor trailer truck traveling about 46 miles per hour. Upon impact, his car...

罗伯特一个. 克利福德, Senior Partner at 克利福德定律 Offices and monthly columnist for the Chicago Lawyer magazine, wrote his August, 2014 column entitled "Early Steps, Vital Steps: Truck Accidents Require Quick Action to Preserve Evidence." In the article, 克利福德 explains the importance of quick and meaningful action on the part of a plaintiff's attorney in accidents involving large trucks. As 克利福德 explains, defense attorneys can...

伊利诺斯州 law caps the number of permissible hours a driver can be on the road at 11 hours. Francisco Espinal Quiroz, 51, of 印第安纳州 was on the road for more than 12 hours, according to media reports from authorities. He allegedly was speeding through a construction zone when he made a sudden lane change and caused a chain reaction crash involving two cars and a...

CBS-TV Investigative reporter Pam Zekman in Chicago reported on the rise in trucking accidents on the 10 o'clock news Thursday May 8th, 2014 on Channel 2. She interviewed senior partner, 罗伯特一个. 克利福德 for a news story as well as profiled one of the firm's clients who was victim of a horrific trucking accident. The mother of two adult children was killed on I-80 when...