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When confronted with birth injury cases, choosing the right legal representation matters. At Carlson Bier, our specialization in birth injuries litigation ensures we skillfully navigate complex medical jargon and regulations surrounding these sensitive cases. With years of experience, we delve deep into every case to ensure justice for families in Wasco dealing with the heartache of preventable birth injuries. Our commitment is to not only win your case but provide understanding and compassion during this challenging time. Choosing Carlson Bier means securing a knowledgeable team versed in Illinois laws related to your issue who tirelessly advocates for you until favorable outcomes are made. As proven by past successful verdicts and settlement cases, our efficacy as personal injury lawyers underscores why partnering with us allows unmatched expertise and integrity throughout this difficult journey toward justice after a life-altering event like a birth-related injury occurs. For excellence in representation where it truly counts, allow Carlson Bier’s dedicated Birth Injuries attorneys stand by you today – because when it’s about holding responsible parties accountable; there’s no other way but the best way!

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Wasco Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we pride ourselves on being a trusted voice in personal injury law throughout Illinois. Our expertise and experience encompass a wide range of cases, inclusive of assisting those who have experienced the devastating impacts of birth injuries—the debilitating effects it can have on the child and heart-wrenching distress for families involved.

Birth injuries are incidents that occur during or directly after childbirth, causing harm to the newborn. These adverse events often result from medical negligence or obstetric malpractice. The consequences can greatly disrupt and distress family life as they typically come with ongoing healthcare needs for the affected child.

– Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): This condition indicates brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation during labor or delivery.

– Cerebral palsy: This refers to a number of neurological disorders that affect muscle coordination due primarily to damage inflicted at birth.

– Klumpke’s Palsy: This is a rare form of brachial plexus injury affecting arm movements due to nerve damage incurred during birth.

– Erb’s Palsy: Like Klumpke’s Palsy, this is another kind of brachial plexus injury impacting movement control around upper limbs.

Our professional team at Carlson Bier holds an unwavering commitment to offer personalized legal advice addressing individual circumstances concerning these conditions among other related complications arising from potential medical errors leading up to birth.

Moreover, we strive to ensure that our clients feel informed every step of their journey towards justice. A lawsuit surrounding an event as emotionally charged as a birth injury calls for empathetic yet determined legal representation. At Carlson Bier we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you all through this challenging pathway towards rightful compensation ensuring your interests stay safeguarded during all stages of litigation.

The severity and type of birth injury largely determine potential restitution amounts. However, common damages claimed include:

• Medical expenses – past and future

• Pain and suffering

• Loss of enjoyment of life

• Loss of potential earnings if the child’s ability to earn income in the future is affected

It’s crucial to remember, though, that even if a doctor or hospital made an error during labor and delivery, it may not be regarded as negligence. To prove medical malpractice or negligence, one must establish that the actions undertaken fell below the acceptable standard of care under similar conditions.

At Carlson Bier, we guide through this intricate process helping you understand what factors constitute actionable claims. Utilizing our extensive network of medical experts and leveraging deep-rooted knowledge in personal injury law borne out of diligent practice across Illinois – we imbue confidence in clients when they need it most.

If your child has suffered from a birth injury and you hold another party responsible due to their negligence at any stage during childbirth then no additional turmoil should accompany securing compensations for them. While dealing with emotional strain or adjusting life plans around new realities – pursuing necessary legal redress should not augment your burdens; let us at Carlson Bier provide formidable legal aid on your behalf.

Our commitment does not end at providing tenacious representation inside courtrooms alone. By opting for an approach designed around open communication channels with clients – we work towards taking away needless stress by ensuring families stay informed about every cog moving within their case proceedings.

We realize that each family coping with a grave experience concerning birth injuries communicates distinct narratives requiring meticulous attention unique empathy needs. It becomes core duty at Carlson Bier thereby treating these occurances not just as cases but personal stories deservedly needing justice served ideally.

Taking the first step toward claiming restitution could seem overwhelming—we understand where you’re coming from entirely. Therefore, allow us to shed light upon intricacies surrounding birth injury cases enabling sounder decisions aiding pursuit towards much-deserved compensation.

Empower yourself with more information about your possible settlement outcomes—click on the button below to discern how much your case could potentially be worth. In committed service to justice, Carlson Bier, your trusted personal injury attorneys in Illinois.

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Notable Illinois Appellate Wins

Moruzzi v. CCC Servs., Inc., 2020 IL App (2d) 190411, 171 N.E.3d 61
Background: Insured motorist filed action against insurer for declaratory judgment seeking construction of automobile insurance policy issued to insured and that was in effect when insured was injured by an underinsured driver. The Circuit Court, DuPage County, Bonnie M. Wheaton, J., granted the insurer's motions for summary judgment. Insured appealed.Holdings: The Appellate Court, Zenoff, J., held that:1 medical payments reduction clause in automobile insurance policy conflicted with underinsured motorist provisions so as to render reduction clause ambiguous, and thus medical payment benefits were deductible from insured's damages;2 law firm representing insured did not create common fund or common funds when it reached settlement with underinsured motorist, and thus law firm was not entitled to recover fees under common-fund doctrine; and3 collateral estoppel did not bar automobile insurers from litigating whether common-fund doctrine applied in insured motorist's declaratory judgment action.Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Maier v. CC Servs., Inc., 2019 IL App (3d) 170640, 132 N.E.3d 795
Background: After insured, who was injured in automobile collision with another driver, recovered full liability limits of driver's policy, she filed amended complaint for declaratory judgment against her own automobile insurer, alleging that insurer breached contractual duty to pay for insured's damages in accordance with uninsured/underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage in insured's policy and that insurer acted in bad faith in denying insured such coverage. The Circuit Court, La Salle County, Troy D. Holland, J., granted the insurer's motion to dismiss claims as time-barred. Insured appealed.The Appellate Court ruled that neither the insurer nor the insured could add amended policy provisions to the court record. It was decided that the policy's requirement for a written arbitration demand applied to both uninsured and underinsured motorist claims. The court found that a letter from the insured's attorney to the insurer wasn't a valid arbitration demand nor a proof of loss to toll the statute of limitations. Finally, the insurer was permitted to use the defense based on the two-year statute of limitations period. The court's decision was affirmed.
Econ. Premier Assurance Co. v. Country Mut. Ins. Co., 2021 IL App (1st) 192364-U
Holding: The circuit court's order that granted defendant's motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment was proper where defendant had no duty to indemnify its insured with respect to the underlying complaint and therefore plaintiff was not entitled to recover against defendant on its subrogation or unjust enrichment claims; affirmed.
Country Preferred Ins. Co. v. Westerheide, 2023 IL App (5th) 220343-U
Holding: The court affirmed judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff where the defendant failed to make a written demand for arbitration within two years from the date of the accident as required by the underinsured provisions of the defendant's automotive insurance policy.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Olsak, 2022 IL App (1st) 200695, 216 N.E.3d 291
In a complex legal case, an insurer sought to avoid defending or indemnifying a hockey player under a policy issued to the player's stepfather after the player was sued for assaulting his coach. The initial Circuit Court ruling favored the insurer, but the Appellate Court reversed this decision, leading to a protracted legal battle. Ultimately, the Appellate Court determined the insurer was liable only up to the $3 million policy limit and found the insurer's four-year delay in seeking a declaratory judgment to be reasonable. This case highlights important aspects of insurance litigation and policy limit liabilities.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Durkin Elec. Co., Inc., 2022 IL App (1st) 210293-U, appeal denied, 199 N.E.3d 1187 (Ill. 2022)
Holding: The circuit court's order that denied plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment and found that defendant was an additional insured under the policy was proper. The circuit court's order that denied defendant's motion for summary judgment and found that plaintiff did not have a duty to defend or indemnify defendant under the policy was proper; affirmed.
Country Preferred Ins. Co. v. Groen, 2017 IL App (4th) 160028, 69 N.E.3d 911
Background: Uninsured motorist (UM) carrier brought action against insured for declaratory judgment that it owed no benefits since workers' compensation received by insured exceeded policy limits. The Circuit Court, Sangamon County, Chris Perrin, J., entered summary judgment in favor of the carrier. Insured appealed.Holdings: The Appellate Court, Harris, J., held that:1 employer's medical payments entitled carrier to setoff, and2 setoff clauses were enforceable.Affirmed.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Frobish, 2021 IL App (3d) 190473-U
Holding: Allegations in the underlying complaint that a township employee caused property damage by excavating and digging out a ditch failed to impose a duty to defend under township employee's individual farm insurance policy.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Jones, 2018 IL App (1st) 173154-U
Holding: The judgment of the circuit court of Cook County is affirmed; plaintiff is entitled to summary judgment on its claim for a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against the underlying complaint because the loss claimed in the underlying complaint is subject to an exclusion. The court held that it would also enter judgment for plaintiff because the underlying complaint does not allege an “occurrence” causing bodily injury within the meaning of the policy.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Schmitt, 2021 IL App (5th) 190173-U
Holding: The appellate court reversed and remanded the judgment of the circuit court where plaintiff had no duty to defend its insured and thus was not stopped from raising policy defenses to coverage for the underlying tort action contained in the amended declaratory action.
Country Mut. Ins. Co. v. Livorsi Marine, Inc., 222 Ill. 2d 303, 856 N.E.2d 338 (2006) (the late Keith Carlson)
Liability insurer brought action against insureds for a declaratory judgment based on failure to provide timely notice of lawsuits against them. The Circuit Court, Cook County, Stephen A. Schiller, J., entered judgment for the insurer. Insureds appealed. The Appellate Court, Wolfson, J., 358 Ill.App.3d 880, 295 Ill.Dec. 665, 833 N.E.2d 871, affirmed. Leave to appeal was granted.Holdings: The Supreme Court, Garman, J., held that:1 if the insurer did not receive reasonable notice of an occurrence or a lawsuit, the policyholder may not recover under the policy, regardless of whether the lack of reasonable notice prejudiced the insurer, overruling Rice v. AAA Aerostar, Inc., 294 Ill.App.3d 801, 229 Ill.Dec. 20, 690 N.E.2d 1067, and Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Baur's Opera House, Inc., 296 Ill.App.3d 1011, 230 Ill.Dec. 624, 694 N.E.2d 593, and2 insured did not need to prove that it was prejudiced by delayed notice of lawsuits.Affirmed.
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Birth Injuries FAQ

The most common birth injuries include:

  • Cerebral palsy: This is a group of disorders that affect movement and coordination.
  • Erb’s palsy: This is a nerve injury that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm and hand.
  • Brachial plexus palsy: This is a group of nerve injuries that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm, shoulder, and hand.
  • Spinal cord injuries: These injuries can cause paralysis or weakness below the waist.
  • Traumatic brain injuries: These injuries can cause a variety of physical, cognitive, and emotional problems.

Birth injuries can be caused by a variety of factors, including:

  • Medical malpractice: This can include mistakes made by doctors during pregnancy, labor, or delivery.
  • Oxygen deprivation: This can occur if the baby does not get enough oxygen during pregnancy or labor.
  • Physical trauma: This can occur if the baby is injured during labor or delivery.
  • Birth defects: Some birth injuries are caused by birth defects.

The signs and symptoms of a birth injury can vary depending on the severity of the injury. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Weakness or paralysis: This may be in one or more limbs.
  • Seizures
  • Breathing problems
  • Feeding problems
  • Developmental delays
  • Learning disabilities

The treatment options for birth injuries will vary depending on the severity of the injury. However, some common treatment options include:

  • Surgery
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Medications
  • Supportive care

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit if your child was injured due to medical malpractice or another factor. A birth injury lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

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Areas of Practice in Wasco

Two-Wheeler Mishaps

Specializing in legal advocacy for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' recklessness or unsafe conditions.

Burn Injuries

Extending skilled legal support for sufferers of grave burn injuries caused by accidents or carelessness.

Physician Negligence

Offering expert legal services for clients affected by physician malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Merchandise Liability

Taking on cases involving unsafe products, providing adept legal assistance to clients affected by faulty goods.

Elder Mistreatment

Supporting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to misconduct in senior centers environments, ensuring compensation.

Trip & Trip Accidents

Professional in managing fall and trip accident cases, providing legal representation to sufferers seeking restitution for their harm.

Infant Traumas

Offering legal assistance for relatives affected by medical malpractice resulting in birth injuries.

Automobile Crashes

Incidents: Committed to assisting patients of car accidents obtain equitable payout for harms and damages.

Motorbike Mishaps

Dedicated to providing legal services for victims involved in bike accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for injuries.

18-Wheeler Crash

Delivering adept legal representation for persons involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing fair recompense for losses.

Worksite Crashes

Concentrated on advocating for staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or irresponsibility.

Head Damages

Committed to extending compassionate legal services for clients suffering from cognitive injuries due to incidents.

Canine Attack Traumas

Specialized in tackling cases for victims who have suffered harms from dog bites or beast attacks.

Jogger Collisions

Committed to legal services for joggers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering damages.

Unjust Demise

Fighting for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, providing compassionate and skilled legal representation to ensure redress.

Spine Injury

Committed to defending individuals with backbone trauma, offering specialized legal assistance to secure justice.

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