Our clients come from all walks of life. Each is important. As experienced airplane crash attorneys, we treat them all with respect and dignity during their time of great need.
Time and again, the professional aviation accident attorneys of Clifford Law Offices have helped victims of plane and helicopter accidents find out what happened to their loved ones, while seeking just compensation for injuries or needless deaths.
The list below shows a sampling of our noncommercial aviation litigation. If you have need of an aviation accident lawyer, you can contact us knowing that your privacy will be respected and your questions answered by a knowledgeable aviation accident attorney who understands what you are going through and can help you get answers and achieve justice.
| Zlin 242L plane | We currently represent the widow of popular Chicago radio personality Bob Collins, who was killed when his plane and that of a student pilot's crashed into his small aircraft while he was landing. A three-week trial in Federal Court in Chicago was held February, 2007. |
| Gulfstream IV jet | Aviation lawyer Richard Burke obtained a $10.45 million verdict in 1996 following a five-week trial on behalf of the family of a pilot who died when a private Gulfstream IV jet crashed. He also obtained a $13.5 million settlement on behalf of a passenger killed in the same crash. |
| Twin-engine Cessna | A financial advisor died, leaving a wife and two small children ,when a twin-engine Cessna crash-landed in Illinois, erupting into a fireball. Our airplane crash attorneys are looking for answers in this terrible 2006 accident at Palwaukee Airport outside Chicago. |
| Chalk seaplane | A Chalk seaplane burst into flames after takeoff from Miami in 2005 and plunged into the water. All 20 people aboard, on their way to the Bahamas, died. The law firm negotiated a confidential settlement on behalf of one of the passengers. |
| Challenger jet | In 2004, Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports Chairman, was traveling with his sons in a chartered Challenger jet. It crashed just after takeoff from a regional airport in Colorado, killing his 14-year-old son, Teddy. Mr. Ebersol's older son Charlie dragged his father out of the fiery wreck. The law firm filed a lawsuit in Connecticut in 2006. |
| Small plane | A small plane crashed in Woodruff, Wisconsin in 2003, killing a mother of six children and her husband, passengers on the plane. Our aviation attorneys obtained a settlement of $750,000 for the family. |
| Turboprop plane | A small turboprop airplane crashed in Illinois in 2003 when the aircraft stalled during a training flight. We represent a certified instructor who died in the accident. |
| Piper aircraft | Aviation accident lawyer Richard Burke obtained a $6.8 million verdict as a result of the crash of a Piper aircraft in northwest suburban Schaumburg, Illinois on behalf of a Plainfield woman who suffered injuries as a passenger when the plane ran out of gas. The National Law Journal recognized this success as the "Verdict of the Week" in May, 2002. |
| Helicopter | Our aviation attorneys obtained $4.1 million in 1998 on behalf of a photographer killed in a helicopter that crashed into a northwestern suburban home in Chicago. |
| Helicopter | Our aviation attorneys obtained $10 million for the family of a Brazilian entrepreneur killed in 1994 as he and his wife took a short helicopter flight from New York to New Jersey. The inexperienced pilot flew into inclement weather and was unable to steer the aircraft safely. |
For further information please contact us at 312-899-9090 or 800-899-0410.
Call on the experienced aviation accident attorneys of Clifford Law Offices if you need airplane crash attorneys. Victims' families and their attorneys turn to our aviation lawyers to treat them with respect and serve them with integrity.