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About Carlson Bier Associates

When it comes to navigating the complex and sensitive arena of wrongful death cases, placing your trust in an experienced law firm is absolutely essential. With a strong commitment to providing excellent legal representation for those who need it most, Carlson Bier serves as a beacon of hope during times of unspeakable tragedy. Combining solid legal expertise with compassionate service, this Illinois-based team possesses both the skillsets needed to successfully represent your case and the empathy necessary in such dire circumstances. They understand that no amount of compensation can ever truly make up for losing a loved one; however seeking justice carries profound significance in course correcting life’s trajectory after such devastating loss.Carlson Bier fights relentlessly,to ensure clients’ voices are heard in court, aiming at optimal outcomes-where responsible parties face accountability and victims families are financially taken care off.Time and again they have provided invaluable support proving their mettle singularly within Illionis’s formidable legal landscape.Choose Carlson Bier for unmatched dedication when encountering the difficult path towards rightfully claiming what is yours following wrongful death incidents.#

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Wrongful Death Lawyers in Alsip Illinois

Navigating legal complexities subsequent to a tragic and unexpected death in the family can be daunting and emotionally challenging. At Carlson Bier, an esteemed personal injury law group based in Illinois, we harness our wealth of legal acumen coupled with compassion to guide you during this difficult time. Our richly experienced attorneys handle Wrongful Death cases with dedication and primacy, ensuring your rights are protected while striving for due compensation.

A Wrongful Death occurrence is when a person’s demise is precipitated by another party either through their negligent or intentional acts. Herein lies some key features about wrongful death which will illuminate your understanding:

• Negligence: The breach of duty leading to someone’s death constitutes negligence. For instance, if a car driver neglects traffic rules resulting in an accident that leads to fatalities.

• Causation: It must be verifiable beyond doubt that the defendant’s action directly contributed toward the victim’s demise.

• Damages: The deceased individual must have generated financial or emotional damages prior to their untimely passing.

Our mission at Carlson Bier is not merely confined to winning your case but also focus on educating our clients about all facets of the litigation process related to wrongful death scenarios. We do so by employing clear language devoid of excessive jargon so it becomes intuitively comprehensible. We believe such knowledge-empowerment helps foster trust between us and you as our client-patronee while also facilitating effective decision-making especially relating but not limited themselves solely against monetary recompensation parameters

Navigating these stringent legal prerequisites involves professional expertise that understands Illinois laws intimately while translating them into actionable measures compatible with your specific situation. Your relationship with Carlson Beir extends beyond typical attorney-client engagement – we perceive ourselves as allies empathetically sharing your burdensome journey while meticulously fighting for justice.

Now let’s shed light on who may file these lawsuits:

• Immediate Family Members – Spouses, children (both biological and adopted)

• Life partners, financial dependents, putative spouses

• Distant Family Members – such as siblings or grandparents who are particularly affected by the death.

• All parties that suffer financially from the death can also file a wrongful death claim even if not related by blood or marriage.

Carlson Bier’s legal prowess is anchored around presenting your case compellingly for maximum compensation encompassing medical cost respite (prior to demise), loss of income, funerary expenses, consortium losses and more importantly emotional trauma endured due to an abrupt parting.

We encourage you at Carlson Beir not to delay approaching us in your pursuit of justice. Our fiercely aggressive yet empathetically understanding-approach has wielded victories in many similar lawsuits nurtured under Illinois law’s protective umbrella over periods cyclically conjoined with healing processions’ timeline which often naturally extend across years.

Almost climactically but most certainly not least important—your choice of personal injury attorney holds paramount influence over potential outcomes linked to final settlement resolution. As Carlson Bier advocates embracing erudite navigation of Illinois laws blended with highly personalized customer relations—we earnestly consider your bereavement; it compels us toward fighting relentlessly for achieving rightful closure on every front.

Without consciously inundating with overt self-praise—yet armed with unwavering confidence backed by countless testimonies—we cordially invite you while reiterating our earlier stance ’cause we mean it when we say: “Your grief remains ours!” So why wait?

Find out what your case is worth! Click on the button below. As esteemed associates pledged to surmount tedious legalities on behalf of our clients-at-heart, here at Carlson Beir—we eagerly look forward commencing a victorious journey by being there for you during this time of need continually upholding Justice scales meticulously through lawful compliance aided by intimate local jurisdiction knowledge enshrined within Illinios state law precincts.

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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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Wrongful Death FAQ​

Wrongful death occurs when a person’s death is caused by the negligence or recklessness of another person.

The following people may be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit:

  • The spouse or children of the deceased
  • The parents of the deceased
  • The siblings of the deceased
  • The personal representative of the deceased’s estate

To prove a wrongful death claim in Illinois, the plaintiff must prove the following elements:

  • The defendant owed the deceased a duty of care.
  • The defendant breached that duty of care.
  • The breach of duty caused the death of the deceased.
  • The plaintiff suffered damages as a result of the death of the deceased.

In a wrongful death lawsuit in Illinois, you may be able to recover the following types of damages:

  • Pecuniary damages: These damages are designed to compensate the plaintiff for the financial losses they have suffered as a result of the death of the deceased. This could include lost wages, medical expenses, and funeral expenses.
  • Non-pecuniary damages: These damages are designed to compensate the plaintiff for the non-financial losses they have suffered as a result of the death of the deceased. This could include pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and loss of parental guidance.

The statute of limitations for wrongful death lawsuits in Illinois is two years. This means that you have two years from the date of the death to file a lawsuit.

If you have any questions about your legal rights or options after a wrongful death, you should contact an experienced wrongful death attorney.

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Areas of Practice in Alsip

Bicycle Mishaps

Proficient in legal advocacy for people injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' recklessness or unsafe conditions.

Fire Damages

Extending adept legal advice for people of serious burn injuries caused by mishaps or indifference.

Healthcare Incompetence

Offering expert legal assistance for persons affected by hospital malpractice, including negligent care.

Items Fault

Addressing cases involving dangerous products, providing expert legal help to individuals affected by harmful products.

Nursing Home Misconduct

Advocating for the rights of elders who have been subjected to malpractice in elderly care environments, ensuring compensation.

Stumble and Trip Mishaps

Adept in managing trip accident cases, providing legal support to sufferers seeking compensation for their damages.

Infant Injuries

Extending legal guidance for kin affected by medical misconduct resulting in birth injuries.

Motor Crashes

Incidents: Dedicated to assisting victims of car accidents get reasonable settlement for harms and harm.

Scooter Accidents

Dedicated to providing legal services for riders involved in bike accidents, ensuring just recovery for injuries.

Trucking Crash

Delivering expert legal support for clients involved in semi accidents, focusing on securing rightful claims for harms.

Construction Site Incidents

Concentrated on supporting workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or misconduct.

Neurological Damages

Focused on offering compassionate legal representation for victims suffering from cerebral injuries due to carelessness.

Dog Attack Harms

Specialized in addressing cases for persons who have suffered traumas from puppy bites or animal attacks.

Pedestrian Accidents

Focused on legal support for foot-travelers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering restitution.

Undeserved Passing

Working for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, providing understanding and skilled legal representation to ensure justice.

Vertebral Impairment

Dedicated to advocating for victims with backbone trauma, offering expert legal support to secure justice.

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