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About Carlson Bier Associates

Suffering from a burn injury can leave you to navigate an overwhelming aftermath. When such unfortunate incidents occur, Carlson Bier is committed to providing the legal support you need. We specialize in representing clients who have suffered Burn Injuries because we comprehend your physical agony and emotional trauma. Our passion for justice is matched only by our commitment to our clients in Assumption – ensuring that they receive maximum compensation for their injuries, lost earnings, medical expenses, and pain suffering. With years of experience under our belt dealing with complex burn injury cases across Illinois state lines, Carlson Bier stands as a potent advocate for those harmed through no fault of their own. Furthermore, we take pride in always being thorough and detailed-oriented throughout all case proceedings while advocating for fair treatment of each client’s unique circumstance—demonstrating why choosing us equates choosing the best representation possible after undergoing severe or minor burns from various sources like fires or chemicals accidents. Stand with Carlson Bier – one call away from peace following a Burn Injury ordeal!

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Burn Injuries Lawyers in Assumption Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we are committed to standing up for the rights of burn injury victims throughout Illinois. With deep expertise in handling complex personal injury claims, our primary goal is to ensure that those who have been adversely affected by such incidents receive full and fair compensation.

Burn injuries can range from minor ones like a small kitchen accident to more severe instances where they cover a large part of the body or significantly damage deeper tissues. In certain cases, post-burn complications such as infections might lead to long-lasting health problems or even death if not promptly treated.

Understanding the complexity and extent of burn injuries is pivotal when seeking legal redress. There are broadly three types: First-degree burns that affect only the skin’s outer layer; second-degree burns affecting both outer and underlying skin layers, often resulting in blisters; and third-degree burns causing severe damage up to deepest layers of skin and possibly underlying structures—tissues, bones, or organs too.

Different causes of burn injuries could influence your options for filing a lawsuit:

• Thermal Burns – These are usually household accidents due to hot liquids, steam or fire.

• Electrical Burns – Caused by contact with electrical sources or lightning

• Chemical Burns – Produces from corrosive substances like acid.

• Radiation Burns – It typically caused by excessive sun exposure or radiation treatment

Treating such physical wounds often requires comprehensive medical care—an array of procedures including surgery, rehabilitation therapy and psychiatric counseling—which can turn into significant hospital bills. On top of these expenses loom other potential financial burdens from lost wages during recovery time off work.

Carlson Bier attorneys assertively represent individuals who hold others accountable for their negligence involved in these situations. We fully investigate each case and skillfully negotiate with insurance companies on clients’ behalf while being prepared optimally should trial become necessary.

Our mission extends beyond just securing maximum monetary damages possible but also safeguarding lives as they navigate through aftermaths personally devastating events. It involves working to ensure clients regain some sense of normalcy–reclaim not just their financial stability but also emotional wellness subjected to strain since a burn injury can drastically alter one’s appearance leading to deep feelings of embarrassment or depression.

Therefore, Carlson Bier puts strong emphasis on empathetic client service. We understand it takes dignity and respect in funding the road toward living with severe physical injuries sustained through no fault of own.

In Illinois, Personal Injury Laws maintain specific regulations for filing a lawsuit. You must generally file within two years from when the burn injury occurred—known as statute of limitations—with exceptions depending on circumstances like discovering an injury later than actually happening (Delayed Discovery Rule). This complexity underscores why retaining skilled legal representation is so critical in pursuing these cases successfully.

Burn injuries could unfortunately be a life-altering event causing immense pain and suffering. Yet amidst such hardship remember there exists hope: legal recourse designed for restoration where wrongs were committed against those unjustly wounded by another party’s actions or negligence.

The key lies in taking decisive action—your potential burn injury claim might literally depend upon sound consultation with personal injury attorneys operating intimately familiar with this complex area at law other professionals lacking that specific focus might overlook crucial details translating into substantial differences made toward securing necessary compensation levels.

Carlson Bier has diligently represented numerous burn victims throughout our inglorious career—a fact manifesting reputation deeply rooted within commitment recognized under Illinois law providing exceptional quality standards expected from excellent professional services during dire times of need.

Speak up your rights and let us fight for you! The possibility stands at hand for claiming rightful damages compensating not only medical expenses, lost wages or ancillary costs borne out from recovery processes; beyond these tangible drains loom intangible considerations needing proper evaluation too such matters relating directly upon client’s overall life quality reductions experienced post-incident.

Your decision today sets forth foundation stones building toward brighter tomorrow’s shaped by justice served where due. Explore possibilities teeming right beneath your fingertips: click on the button below and see how much your case is worth!

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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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Burn Accident FAQ​

There are three main types of burn injuries:

  • First-degree burns: These burns affect the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. They cause redness, pain, and swelling.
  • Second-degree burns: These burns affect the epidermis and the dermis, the second layer of skin. They cause redness, pain, swelling, and blistering.
  • Third-degree burns: These burns destroy the epidermis and the dermis, and can also damage the underlying tissues. They cause white, leathery, or charred skin.

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

  • Heat: This includes flames, hot liquids, steam, and hot objects.
  • Electricity: Electrical burns can be caused by contact with live wires or outlets.
  • Chemicals: Chemical burns can be caused by exposure to acids, alkalis, and other corrosive substances.
  • Radiation: Radiation burns can be caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun or to other types of radiation.

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

  • Redness
  • Pain
  • Swelling
  • Blistering
  • Charred skin
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Shock

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

  • First-degree burns: These burns typically heal on their own within a few days. However, it is important to keep the area clean and moist.
  • Second-degree burns: These burns may need to be treated with medication or surgery.
  • Third-degree burns: These burns typically require surgery and skin grafts.

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Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit if your burn injury was caused by the negligence or recklessness of another person or party. A burn 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 Assumption

Bike Incidents

Proficient in legal representation for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' negligence or risky conditions.

Fire Damages

Supplying skilled legal services for people of severe burn injuries caused by accidents or indifference.

Physician Malpractice

Offering expert legal services for patients affected by clinical malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Items Obligation

Taking on cases involving faulty products, providing specialist legal help to clients affected by harmful products.

Elder Misconduct

Representing the rights of elders who have been subjected to neglect in elderly care environments, ensuring protection.

Fall & Stumble Occurrences

Specialist in handling trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to individuals seeking restitution for their harm.

Neonatal Wounds

Offering legal aid for loved ones affected by medical negligence resulting in birth injuries.

Motor Crashes

Mishaps: Committed to assisting sufferers of car accidents receive equitable recompense for wounds and destruction.

Motorcycle Accidents

Focused on providing legal advice for motorcyclists involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for traumas.

Trucking Crash

Providing experienced legal representation for victims involved in semi accidents, focusing on securing just settlement for harms.

Construction Accidents

Committed to representing staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or irresponsibility.

Cerebral Injuries

Focused on providing expert legal assistance for victims suffering from cerebral injuries due to negligence.

Dog Bite Traumas

Skilled in managing cases for people who have suffered traumas from canine attacks or wildlife encounters.

Foot-traveler Incidents

Specializing in legal advocacy for walkers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering restitution.

Wrongful Death

Striving for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, delivering caring and experienced legal support to ensure compensation.

Backbone Damage

Focused on defending individuals with paralysis, offering dedicated legal assistance to secure compensation.

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