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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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  Lawsuits

  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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  Elections

  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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  Lawsuits

  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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  Lawsuits

  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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  Lawsuits

  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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  Lawsuits

  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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  From Cook County Record

  Trial lawyer panel: Plaintiffs' lawyers adapting strategies to fit post-BristolMyersSquibb legal landscape

  By Jonathan Bilyk | 1 year ago

  While the U.S. Supreme Court's Bristol Myers Squibb ruling has resulted in some big wins for businesses targeted by the plaintiffs' bar, new strategies and theories deployed by plaintiffs' lawyers may be blunting the further impact of that decision, despite high hopes from some it would largely thwart the ability of out-of-state plaintiffs to sue out-of-state defendants in a favorable court forum.

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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.