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About Carlson Bier Associates

When you need a diligent medical malpractice attorney in Illinois, look to Carlson Bier. With robust knowledge and experience handling such sensitive cases, we guarantee absolute professionalism and dedication. Our zealous representation for victims of medical malpractice is grounded in the uncompromising pursuit of justice; our priority being your welfare above all else. Faulty procedures or misdiagnosis can significantly impact lives – physically, emotionally, financially – but with Carlson Bier on your side, obtaining deserving compensation becomes less burdensome. We understand local regulations better than most and will use this understanding to craft winning strategies for clients involved in complex healthcare-related claims. Additionally, residing outside Mount Carmel does not deter us from reaching out to clients therein who have suffered due to medical negligence; geography isn’t a barrier against our unrelenting fight for justice – wherever you are within Illinois’s geographical bounds is no match for our unwavering commitment as personal injury experts navigating through the labyrinthine world of medical law practices towards rightful compensations that mirror the depth of harm incurred.

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Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Mount Carmel Illinois

Delving into the realm of personal injury law, Carlson Bier is a distinguished legal institution recognized throughout Illinois for its robust expertise in medical malpractice cases. Ensuring justice and providing strong advocacy, we stand tall by your side to walk you through the intricate dynamics of personal injury law, specifically focusing on illustrating key elements underpinning medical malpractice claims.

Medical malpractice refers to scenarios where damage or harm is inflicted on a patient due to failure or negligence on part of healthcare professionals or facilities. This goes beyond mere dissatisfaction with your treatment outcomes; instead, it is about substantiating that negligence led to tangible harm. To establish this requires thorough understanding of four pivotal components: duty of care, breach of duty, causation and damages.

• Duty of Care: As a patient, you are entitled to receive a certain standard of care from physicians and other healthcare practitioners—a fundamental responsibility known as ‘duty of care.’ Clinicians must exercise competence and skills commensurate with their professional standards.

• Breach Of Duty: When this established level of care isn’t met—be it through misdiagnosis, incorrect medication dosage given out, surgical errors or even anesthesia mistakes—it’s identified as a ‘breach.’

• Causation: The next vital point is associating the aforementioned breach directly to the injury sustained—an aspect often referred to as ‘causation.’ It’s essential to demonstrate that your harm was not an incidental inevitability but rather spurred directly from the practitioner’s negligent conduct.

• Damages: Lastly, ‘damages’ revolve around quantifiable harm underwent by patients either physically – bruises or fractures; emotionally – PTSD; or financially – loss wages due jobs missed because of recovery times.

In bringing medical malpractice cases forward against those responsible for inducing negligence-induced suffering onto innocent lives like yours’, our team at Carlson Bier ensures all these facets are meticulously examined and persuasively presented. We leverage our enriched experience and comprehensive knowledge to meticulously assess every shred of your situation, gathering an uncompromising stance against any potential defense argument. It’s not merely about putting across a legal claim but rather standing up for the right to safety, security and justice deserved by you—the victim.

Our well-versed team is readily available with all essential resources aimed at securing your rightful place within the complex world of personal injury. Through relentless dedication, undeterred persuasion and empathetic understanding, we provide robust representation ensuring maximum possible compensation in light of your distressing circumstances— helping restore comfort while reestablishing balance in life post unfortunate incident.

Along this line, if you’ve suffered due to medical malpractice and are apprehensive about what lies ahead or even unsure where to start—we’re here! Your confusion is genuine; after all, it’s not just a simple doctor visit gone wrong—it involves human lives…

Click on the button below NOW! With Carlson Bier expertly navigating through these rough terrains will become seamless—you’ll witness how robust representation makes all the difference in setting the wheels of justice into motion. Get immediate access to understand what your case is worth as viewed from an Illinois-based personal injury attorney perspective without implying that we’re based out of Mount Carmel. Remember – there’s much more than just recouping lost wages or hospital bills—your dignity warrants recovery too…and together we can achieve it!

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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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Medical Malpractice FAQ​

Medical malpractice is negligence on the part of a healthcare professional that causes harm to a patient. Negligence occurs when a healthcare professional fails to meet the standard of care that is expected of them.

The most common types of medical malpractice include:

  • Misdiagnosis: This occurs when a healthcare professional fails to diagnose a patient’s condition correctly.
  • Delayed diagnosis: This occurs when a healthcare professional does not diagnose a patient’s condition until it is too late.
  • Surgical errors: These errors can occur during or after surgery.
  • Medication errors: These errors can include prescribing the wrong medication, prescribing the wrong dosage, or failing to monitor a patient for side effects.
  • Anesthesia errors: These errors can occur during or after surgery.

The signs and symptoms of medical malpractice can vary depending on the type of malpractice that occurred. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Unexplained injuries: This could include injuries that occurred during surgery or injuries that were not properly treated.
  • Worsening condition: If a patient’s condition worsens after receiving medical care, it may be a sign of medical malpractice.
  • Unexpected death: If a patient dies unexpectedly after receiving medical care, it may be a sign of medical malpractice.

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

  • Surgery: Surgery may be required to correct injuries that were caused by medical malpractice.
  • Physical therapy: Physical therapy may be required to help patients regain their strength and mobility after suffering an injury.
  • Occupational therapy: Occupational therapy may be required to help patients learn to perform activities of daily living after suffering an injury.
  • Medications: Medications may be required to treat pain and other symptoms of medical malpractice injuries.

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit for medical malpractice if you have been injured due to the negligence of a healthcare professional. A medical malpractice 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 Mount Carmel

Cycling Collisions

Dedicated to legal support for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' negligence or unsafe conditions.

Flame Injuries

Extending adept legal services for victims of intense burn injuries caused by events or indifference.

Medical Carelessness

Ensuring expert legal support for persons affected by clinical malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Goods Liability

Dealing with cases involving dangerous products, supplying adept legal guidance to individuals affected by faulty goods.

Geriatric Mistreatment

Advocating for the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to mistreatment in nursing homes environments, ensuring protection.

Slip and Slip Accidents

Professional in handling stumble accident cases, providing legal representation to clients seeking recovery for their injuries.

Childbirth Injuries

Extending legal guidance for kin affected by medical carelessness resulting in childbirth injuries.

Automobile Mishaps

Collisions: Concentrated on aiding individuals of car accidents obtain equitable payout for hurts and losses.

Motorcycle Collisions

Dedicated to providing legal advice for individuals involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring rightful claims for losses.

Truck Crash

Offering expert legal advice for drivers involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing just compensation for harms.

Construction Incidents

Concentrated on assisting employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to carelessness or recklessness.

Head Harms

Specializing in offering professional legal assistance for persons suffering from cognitive injuries due to accidents.

Dog Bite Traumas

Skilled in tackling cases for individuals who have suffered traumas from canine attacks or animal attacks.

Cross-walker Mishaps

Expert in legal support for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering recovery.

Unjust Passing

Advocating for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, extending sensitive and skilled legal services to ensure fairness.

Vertebral Damage

Dedicated to supporting victims with spinal cord injuries, offering dedicated legal services to secure settlement.

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