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CLIFFORD LAW: Clifford Law Offices Obtains Record $8.5 Million Verdict Against Heartland Regional Medical Center
Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a record $8.5 million verdict this afternoon (Wednesday, March 20, 2019) against the largest medical care facility in Williamson County for the death of a 60-year-old Marion man who died following elective shoulder surgery.
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CLIFFORD LAW: Sixteen Clifford Law Offices Attorneys Selected to 2019 Super Lawyers Lists
Sixteen lawyers from Clifford Law Offices have been selected to 2019 Super Lawyers List. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas.
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Objector wants class counsel fees in $250 million Hale settlement cut; Says they could have won much more at trial
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers who reached a $250 million settlement with State Farm don’t deserve a third in fees because they likely would have won much more at trial, according to class member Lisa Marlow of Cocoa, Fla.
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Trial lawyers give big October boost to Democrats and Madigan
SPRINGFIELD - Fifteen plaintiff law firms poured $1,695,850 into Democratic campaigns in October, records of the Illinois State Board of Elections show.
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Class counsel in Hale v. State Farm seek $90 million in fees and costs from $250 million settlement
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers who settled a $10 billion racketeering claim against State Farm for $250 million seek about $90 million in fees and costs.
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State Farm could have argued other companies wanted Karmeier on court because of asbestos, class actions
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon gave class action lawyers many tools to damage Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier and State Farm, but on the eve of trial he opened a hole in the class’s armor.
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Hale v. State Farm settles for $250 million
State Farm and plaintiffs have agreed to settle protracted RICO litigation for $250 million on the opening day of what was expected to be a long-running trial at federal court in East St. Louis.
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Clifford will treat Chief Justice Karmeier as hostile witness in upcoming Hale v. State Farm trial
EAST ST. LOUIS – Attorney Robert Clifford of Chicago plans to call Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier as a hostile witness in a civil racketeering trial against State Farm in September.
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Plaintiffs in Hale v State Farm claim Karmeier-provided timeline will prove case; Trial set to start May 7
EAST ST. LOUIS – Plaintiffs who claim State Farm tainted the Illinois Supreme Court through Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier say that a timeline he gave to a news reporter in 2015 revealed corruption.
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McCaskill donors include Who’s Who list of plaintiff attorneys; Simmons’ attorneys account for $200K
WASHINGTON – Attorney John Simmons of Alton and 35 other Simmons Hanly Conroy lawyers each gave Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill $5,400 last year, Federal Election Commission records show.
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Herndon denies summary judgment to State Farm in $9 billion RICO case
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon on Feb. 6 denied summary judgment to State Farm on a $9 billion racketeering claim.
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Plaintiff admissions in Hale v. State Farm pinned mostly on one out of 18 lawyers; Trial set May 7
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers preparing for a $9 billion racketeering trial against State Farm, under orders to admit or deny statements, pinned almost all their admissions on one lawyer and a class of plaintiffs who lost a case in 2005.