Clifford Law Offices

Robert Clifford co-led the families of 68 people killed when American Eagle Flight 4184 iced over and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana, to a record $110 million settlement and an apology in open court.

A Cook County jury found plastic surgeon Dr. Ayoub Sayeg liable for the death of Idalia Corcoles, a 39-year-old mother of four who bled to death after liposuction and a tummy tuck, in a case that produced a $66.262 million judgment.

Clifford Law Offices secured a $60 million settlement for Sarah Grasser, 31, left paraplegic when another driver swerved to avoid a deep pothole in an I-55 work zone and struck her car, rolling it into a ditch.

A Cook County jury returned a $101 million verdict against West Suburban Medical Center after staff ignored fetal monitoring for six hours during labor, though a pre-verdict high-low agreement limited the family's recovery to $50 million.

On June 29, 2026, a Cook County jury returned a $50 million verdict against First Ascent Climbing and Fitness for the sexual abuse of an 8-year-old boy by an older camper at its Peoria summer camp in 2022. The award was $49 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. The jury found the company negligent and guilty of willful and wanton misconduct. The company has said it is weighing an appeal.

A Cook County jury awarded Antonio DeAngelo $39.9 million, an Illinois record for a stroke case, after a physician tied to Advocate Physician Partners left his dangerously high blood pressure untreated.

A Cook County jury awarded the Yoder family $38.3 million after a multi-truck pileup on Interstate 90 near Rockford killed their four-year-old daughter and left their two-year-old son permanently disabled, and the verdict survived appeal in 2008.

In January 1995 a Metra commuter train pulled away from the Winnetka station with a 20-year-old violinist's case strap caught in the doors and dragged her about 366 feet, costing her a leg. A Cook County jury found the railroad and Metra at fault in 1999, and the verdict was affirmed on appeal in 2001. The railroads paid $35 million in March 2002, which included interest on the judgment.

A Cook County jury awarded $21.5 million, a state record for a drowning, after a six-year-old boy who could not swim was left unsupervised in a Bridgeview Park District camp pool, and an appellate court later affirmed the full award.

On September 27, 2016, a 17-year-old was hit by an 18-wheel tractor-trailer while on the shoulder of Illinois Route 394 near Sauk Village, suffering a traumatic brain injury and a broken back. After a three-week trial, a Cook County jury found the driver negligent and awarded $18,150,750 in December 2021. The judgment against the driver and his trucking company was never appealed and stands.