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About Carlson Bier Associates

In the aftermath of a bicycle accident, securing effective and reliable legal representation is paramount. At Carlson Bier, we are dedicated to protecting your rights and ensuring justice is served in an event of injury or damage caused due to negligence by others on the road. Acquiring rightful compensation for physical injuries, mental trauma, and material losses can turn complex without professional help. Our expertise lies in deciphering complicated laws surrounding bicycling accidents as our proficient team consists of compassionate attorneys who fully understand Illinois’ specific requirements concerning such incidents. Distinctly experienced handling cases within Bourbonnais area standards and procedures, ensures that Carlson Bier stands out amongst peers in terms of local law awareness while upholding critical ties with crucial stakeholders involved post-accidents. Other advantages include our tenacity towards holding guilty parties accountable besides having achieved significant results across several similar cases making us competent contenders within Bicycle Accidents practice areas.

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Bicycle Accidents Lawyers in Bourbonnais Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we understand the complex nature of bicycle accidents and the profound impact they can have on a victim’s life. Our exceptional team of personal injury attorneys is dedicated to helping victims in Illinois receive full and fair compensation for their injuries. As seasoned litigators with tenacious dedication to justice, our services extend to every facet related to bicycle accident suits, including exhaustive investigations, meticulous evidence preservation and fierce courtroom representation.

Being involved in a bicycle accident can be life-altering. In 2017 alone, Illinois ranked fifth highest among all states for cyclist fatalities according to vital data captured by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. These alarming stats underpin the importance of knowing your rights as a bicyclist in Illinois.

• Legally speaking, bicycles have the same road rights as motor vehicles. This extends to obeying traffic signals and signs while equally inheriting rights such as turning left into lanes of traffic.

• Most often, bicycle accidents occur due to negligent motorists who fail to yield right-of-way or do not maintain safe distance while overtaking.

• Bicycle riders are entitled to damages if there is proven negligence by another party that directly caused their injuries.

Understanding these essential legal points will enable you as an affected party — or as a loved one fighting on behalf of a victim — achieve clarity and take affirmative action in seeking justice post-accident.

Carlson Bier exercises compassionate yet steadfast advocacy; it’s our mission statement for each client we serve. We work tirelessly on cycle accident claims involving physical injuries from minor wounds through catastrophic incidents causing severe disability or loss of life; mental trauma such psychological stress and emotional turmoil; financial losses from medical bills, lost wages or reduced earning capacity alongside general lifestyle disruption ensuing after tragic bike accidents. Let us lighten your burden by taking over litigation processes that standing alone may prove overwhelming giving leeway for smooth recuperation ensuring you bounce back stronger leaving no stone unturned relating compensatory justice

After a bicycle accident, you may find yourself inundated with various considerations: from regulatory red tape to calculating actual and future costs provoked by the incidence. It’s our job at Carlson Bier to provide you with savvy, comprehensive legal support through these challenging times. From assembling crucial evidence for liability determination to navigating timeliness within Illinois’ two-year statute of limitations on personal injury suits — rest assured we’ll stand by your side every step of the way.

At Carlson Bier, it’s not just about garnering compensation for our clients; it’s about making roads in Illinois safer for our biking community. We believe that accidents should lead to impactful dialogues on road safety improvements — such as enhancing visibility measures or upgrading infrastructure — thus preventing further distressing incidents. Your case can implement change today!

Finally, we invite you to utilize our easy-to-use online tool below; getting answers has never been as uncomplicated or accessible. To get an immediate understanding of your potential claim worth following a bike mishap incident, simply click below! At Carlson Bier, acclaimed personal injury attorneys based in Illinois – but not in Bourbonnais – we remain steadfast partners who fight aggressively for justice while empathetically supporting YOUR journey towards recovery. Be empowered today with Carlson Bier; let us work together towards creating safer lanes filled with well-informed and protected riders across 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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Bicycle Accident FAQ

The most common causes of bicycle accidents in Chicago include:

  • Driver negligence: This includes distracted driving, speeding, and failing to yield to cyclists.
  • Road conditions: Potholes, uneven pavement, and other road hazards can cause cyclists to lose control of their bikes.
  • Cyclist errors: This can include riding against traffic, failing to use lights at night, and not wearing a helmet.

If you are injured in a bicycle accident in Chicago, you should:

  • Seek medical attention immediately. Even if you don’t think you’re seriously injured, it’s important to get checked out by a doctor.
  • Exchange information with the other driver. Get their name, address, insurance information, and license plate number.
  • Take pictures of the scene of the accident. This will help you document what happened and build your case if you decide to file a lawsuit.
  • Report the accident to the police. This will create a record of the accident and help you get help if you need it.
  • Contact a bicycle accident lawyer. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

As a bicycle accident victim in Chicago, you have the right to:

  • Seek compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages.
  • File a lawsuit against the driver who caused your accident.
  • Have your case heard by a jury.

In a bicycle accident lawsuit in Chicago, you may be able to recover the following types of damages:

  • Medical expenses: This includes the cost of ambulance rides, hospital stays, doctor’s appointments, and physical therapy.
  • Lost wages: This includes the wages you lost while you were unable to work because of your injuries.
  • Pain and suffering: This includes compensation for the physical and emotional pain you have endured as a result of your injuries.
  • Property damage: This includes the cost of repairing or replacing your bicycle

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

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Areas of Practice in Bourbonnais

Cycling Mishaps

Dedicated to legal services for victims injured in bicycle accidents due to others's carelessness or perilous conditions.

Burn Burns

Giving skilled legal support for patients of severe burn injuries caused by mishaps or recklessness.

Clinical Negligence

Offering specialist legal services for victims affected by physician malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Items Liability

Addressing cases involving faulty products, offering specialist legal support to customers affected by defective items.

Nursing Home Misconduct

Defending the rights of seniors who have been subjected to abuse in care facilities environments, ensuring compensation.

Slip and Trip Incidents

Adept in addressing fall and trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to clients seeking redress for their damages.

Birth Traumas

Supplying legal assistance for households affected by medical carelessness resulting in childbirth injuries.

Automobile Collisions

Mishaps: Focused on assisting victims of car accidents get just settlement for hurts and damages.

Motorcycle Collisions

Specializing in providing legal advice for bikers involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring justice for harm.

Truck Collision

Ensuring expert legal advice for persons involved in semi accidents, focusing on securing rightful claims for hurts.

Building Incidents

Focused on representing laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or carelessness.

Cognitive Injuries

Dedicated to ensuring professional legal support for clients suffering from cerebral injuries due to negligence.

Canine Attack Harms

Expertise in tackling cases for people who have suffered traumas from K9 assaults or animal assaults.

Foot-traveler Collisions

Committed to legal representation for pedestrians involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering compensation.

Undeserved Fatality

Standing up for loved ones affected by a wrongful death, providing empathetic and adept legal assistance to ensure justice.

Neural Trauma

Specializing in defending patients with backbone trauma, offering specialized legal services to secure compensation.

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