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If you or a loved one in Altamont has encountered the physical and emotional trauma of a spinal cord injury, the team at Carlson Bier is your top choice for legal representation. Our expertise revolves around personal injury cases, with a primary focus on spinal cord injuries. We understand the tremendous hardship these incidents cause – both emotionally and financially. It’s why we work relentlessly to ensure our clients are rightfully compensated for their medical expenses, pain and suffering. What makes Carlson Bier stand out? A depth of experience that’s unparalleled; every attorney in our firm understands the intricacies associated with claims involving spinal cord injuries. Second, we have a track record of obtaining substantial settlements for our clients which attests to our commitment towards them achieving justice and financial security. Lastly, employing personalized strategies helps us cater to individual case needs effectively while maintaining open communications throughout this challenging time period ensures optimal client satisfaction levels at all times.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Altamont Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we truly understand the life-altering impact of a spinal cord injury. No two incidents are ever the same and consequently, neither are their legal implications or level of compensation that might correspond. Our team of professionally trained personal injury attorneys in Illinois is specifically adept at providing expert counsel and fierce representation for victims suffering from debilitating spinal cord injuries.

Spinal cord injuries can broadly be classified into complete and incomplete injuries. In a complete injury, one experiences loss of all feeling (sensory) and muscle (motor) function below the point where the damage happened on the spine. Conversely, an incomplete injury refers to instances where someone has retained some sensory or motor function beneath the affected area on their spine.

The phenomenon known as Spinal Shock can cause temporary paralysis; it occurs immediately after trauma to the nervous system and can last several days or weeks. It’s crucial to keep this in mind if assessing an individual post-accident – medical imaging will be key in determining whether paralysis is temporary phenomena resulting from shock or due to permanent damage caused by trauma incurred.

There’s a myriad of causes behind spinal cord injuries; these include physical trauma like car accidents, gunshots, falls etc., diseases such as Polio, Spina Bifida etc., lack of oxygen reaching parts of your body (hypoxia), tumors close to/on your blood vessels impacting circulation – each individually affect treatment plans introduced post-trauma diagnosis as well various tests used across stages recovery process thereby having substantial implications potential damages recoverable within court litigation.

Treatment options range widely based on severity: at times only requiring conservative management via physiotherapy & medication while serious cases necessitating surgical intervention followed by long-term rehabilitation care services – acknowledging specifics needles down exactly what type specialist would be most suited provide individual care needs victims suffering diverse types spinal traumas.

• Complete vs Incomplete Injury

• Assessment Post-Accident

• Causes: Physical Trauma, Disease, Hypoxia

• Diagnosis: Varied testing protocols

• Treatment: From conservative to surgical intervention

Navigating through the complexities of a spinal cord injury is daunting enough without having to understand and fight for all your entitled legal rights. At Carlson Bier, our sole mission is to provide comprehensive advocacy that reflects each client’s individual situation while focusing on obtaining maximum available compensation. Trust us in ensuring you are comprehensively protected— from medical costs to quality of life adjustments.

A grievous physical injury not only impacts an individual’s health but also their financial stability due to mounting medical costs and potential loss of wages if they are unable/not advised by doctors to work. Here at Carlson Bier, we believe in fighting tooth and nail for proper recompense owed our clients due undeniably profound repercussions spinal cord injuries have upon life. Ranging from lost earnings & livelihoods over future care related expenses like hiring help around house or needing wheelchair accessible vehicle etc., rest assured knowing it’s been accounted when gathering evidence required substantiate claims effectively within courtrooms.

Spinal cord injuries can be relentless– impeding every facet of one’s life and need careful navigation legally so survivors aren’t burdened with additional terror following such traumatic event. If you’re currently grappling with aftermath sudden personal damage remember fact everyone deserves just justice regardless circumstances surrounding accident.

We invite you now to delve further into how we can assist you in securing the rightful damages uniquely intertwined with your case specifics. Let us expedite your journey towards a just outcome rather than delay it laden with legal jargon and cumbersome processes that might likely confuse more than clarify the path forward. Click on the button below today, and allow our team at Carlson Bier assist in measuring true worth implied by intricately convoluted yet undisputedly harsh realities associated spinal traumas endured..

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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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Spinal Cord Injury FAQ​

Spinal cord injuries are commonly caused by traumatic events such as vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries, and acts of violence like gunshot wounds. Medical conditions like arthritis, cancer, or infections can also lead to spinal cord damage.

Symptoms of a spinal cord injury can vary depending on the severity and location of the injury. Common symptoms include loss of movement, loss of sensation (including the ability to feel heat, cold, and touch), loss of bladder or bowel control, exaggerated reflex activities or spasms, changes in sexual function, pain or an intense stinging sensation caused by damage to the nerve fibers in the spinal cord, and difficulty breathing, coughing, or clearing secretions from your lungs.

The permanence of a spinal cord injury depends on the severity and type of injury. Complete spinal cord injuries, where all feeling and ability to control movement are lost below the spinal cord injury, have a lower chance of recovery. Incomplete injuries, where there is some motor or sensory function below the affected area, may allow for significant recovery. However, there is currently no cure for a spinal cord injury.

Immediate treatments for spinal cord injuries focus on minimizing further damage and include immobilization, surgery, and medications. Long-term treatment involves rehabilitation, which can include physical therapy, occupational therapy, and counseling to help with the emotional aspect of the injury. Technological advances such as exoskeletons, electrical stimulation devices, and ongoing research into cell regeneration and repair are also promising areas for treatment.

The impact of a spinal cord injury on daily life varies widely and depends on the severity of the injury. It can lead to reduced mobility or paralysis, requiring the use of wheelchairs or other assistive devices. It often necessitates modifications to living spaces, vehicles, and workplaces. Spinal cord injuries can also impact personal care, bladder and bowel management, and sexual health. Support systems, adaptive technologies, and rehabilitation can play significant roles in helping individuals lead fulfilling lives post-injury.

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Areas of Practice in Altamont

Bicycle Accidents

Focused on legal assistance for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to others' recklessness or dangerous conditions.

Burn Damages

Extending adept legal help for individuals of grave burn injuries caused by occurrences or negligence.

Hospital Malpractice

Providing expert legal support for victims affected by physician malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Merchandise Liability

Managing cases involving unsafe products, supplying specialist legal guidance to individuals affected by defective items.

Elder Misconduct

Advocating for the rights of the elderly who have been subjected to neglect in senior centers environments, ensuring protection.

Fall and Fall Injuries

Skilled in tackling tumble accident cases, providing legal services to sufferers seeking compensation for their harm.

Newborn Damages

Supplying legal assistance for families affected by medical carelessness resulting in birth injuries.

Auto Collisions

Crashes: Committed to helping clients of car accidents gain reasonable remuneration for injuries and losses.

Two-Wheeler Crashes

Specializing in providing representation for bikers involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring fair compensation for injuries.

18-Wheeler Incident

Providing specialist legal support for persons involved in lorry accidents, focusing on securing adequate compensation for harms.

Building Incidents

Dedicated to defending employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or negligence.

Cognitive Injuries

Focused on ensuring professional legal advice for individuals suffering from neurological injuries due to accidents.

Canine Attack Wounds

Proficient in managing cases for individuals who have suffered wounds from puppy bites or animal attacks.

Jogger Collisions

Committed to legal representation for pedestrians involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering recovery.

Unwarranted Death

Striving for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, delivering compassionate and adept legal support to ensure restitution.

Backbone Injury

Focused on advocating for clients with spinal cord injuries, offering specialized legal assistance to secure recovery.

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