Our clients come from all walks of life. Each is important. As experienced airplane and helicopter 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 accidents and helicopter crashes find out what happened to their loved ones, while seeking just compensation for injuries or needless deaths.
From Florida to Maryland, California to New York, Clifford Law Offices has represented clients in both commercial and private airplane and helicopter crashes.
The list below shows a sampling of our noncommercial aviation litigation, including small plane and helicopter crashes. If you have a need for an airplane or helicopter accident lawyer, you can contact us knowing that your privacy will be respected and your questions answered by a knowledgeable aviation or helicopter accident attorney who understands what you are going through and can help you get answers and achieve justice.
| Zlin 242L plane crash | We currently represent the widow of popular Chicago radio personality Bob Collins, who was killed when a student pilot's airplane 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 crash | 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 aircraft accident. |
| Twin-engine Cessna crash | A financial advisor died, leaving behind 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 aircraft accident at Palwaukee Airport outside Chicago. |
| Chalk seaplane crash | 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 aviation law firm negotiated a confidential settlement on behalf of one of the plane crash victims. |
| Challenger jet crash | In 2004, Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports Chairman, was traveling with his sons in a chartered Challenger jet. The airplane 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 aviation law firm filed a lawsuit in Connecticut in 2006. |
| Small plane crash |
A mother of six children and her husband were victims of a small plane crash in Woodruff, Wisconsin, in 2003. Our aviation attorneys obtained a settlement of $750,000 for the family. |
| Turboprop plane crash | 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 airplane accident. |
| Piper aircraft crash | Aviation accident lawyer Richard Burke obtained a $6.8 million verdict as a result of a Piper aircraft crash 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 Accident | Our aviation attorneys obtained $4.1 million in 1998 on behalf of a photographer killed in a helicopter crash that plummeted into a northwestern suburban home in Chicago. |
| Helicopter Accident | Our aviation attorneys obtained $10 million for the family of a Brazilian entrepreneur killed in 1994 aircraft crash as he and his wife took a short helicopter flight from New York to New Jersey. The helicopter crash was the result of the inexperienced pilot who was unable to navigate in inclement weather. |
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 or helicopter crash attorneys. Victims' families and their attorneys turn to our aviation lawyers to treat them with respect and serve them with integrity.