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About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with Slip and Fall Accidents, the experienced team at Carlson Bier is your premier choice for legal representation in Illinois. Through competence and dedication, we continually provide unmatched service for our clients. Our exceptional track record in managing Slip and Fall Accidents cases stems from our meticulous approach to understanding every detail of each case. We recognize the significance of these matters; hence we apply comprehensive strategies to secure desired outcomes for our clients. Choosing Carlson Bier translates to investing in a proficient attorney group that values not just winning cases but safeguarding client interests as well. Our expertise extends far beyond litigating personal injury claims—being zealous advocates who will champion your rights against negligent parties causing such accidents also sets us apart. With us, you can access decades of experience representing all facets of personal injury law specifically on Slip & Fall Accidents disputes—serving victims professionally throughout Illinois by maintaining strict adherence to ethical standards without exception.

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Slip And Fall Accidents Lawyers in Chemung Illinois

At Carlson Bier, your safety and fair compensation are our top priorities. As a recognized and reputable personal injury law firm based in Illinois, we understand the various intricate legal aspects of accidents resulting from slips, trips, and falls. These causes can become grounds for legal claims – if they occurred due to negligence or harm caused by others and resulted in material damage or injury.

Slip-and-fall-accidents may seem straightforward but unraveling their complexities requires skillful knowledge of less obvious details. For instance, it is foremost essential retelling how such incidents happen. Most often, they occur under hazardous conditions like wet or uneven surfaces at home, workplace, public venues like malls and restaurants.

Yet what most people tend to overlook is that more than being just unintentional mishaps; these circumstances could be the result of someone’s omission or failure to maintain safety standards. At Carlson Bier, our professional personal injury attorneys provide diligent representation to clients who’ve suffered due to others’ negligence-based malpractices.

Key things a victim ought to know upon meeting with these unfortunate events further emphasize the importance of attorney intervention:

• Timely Reporting: Report the accident as soon as it happens whether at work or even in a busy shopping district.

• Evidence Preservation: Preserve evidence by taking pictures of injuries sustained likewise conditions on-site during the accident.

• Medical Assistance: Seek immediate medical help regardless how minor injuries feel initially – unseen internal damages.

• Formal Documentation: Collect all medical records including expense bills regarding treatments associated with slip/fall incident-related injuries.

We assure you that evaluating your condition exclusively through expert analysis helps us strategize an approach best suited towards winning rightful compensation for your loss. Be it dealing with insurance companies playing hardball or battling reluctance from landlords refusing responsibility; rest assured knowing at Carlson Bier we’re committed bringing justice right where it belongs.

Navigating legal avenues post slip-and-fall-accidents can be daunting since they require understanding the technicality of negligence laws. Illinois follows a ‘comparative fault’ rule where if you are found to be at any percentage of fault, your compensation will be reduced by that percentage. Therefore, it is crucial to hire an experienced personal injury lawyer who can help reduce or eliminate your fault and work towards securing maximum compensation.

Employing Carlson Bier attorneys fortifies your chances for a successful claim because we’ve spent decades perfecting our skills both outside and inside the courtroom acquiring fair settlements for clients. Our expertise across diverse cases guarantees insightful application of most up-to-date laws within this field securing what should be rightfully yours.

Recognizing slip-and-fall incidents as more than mere accidents but potential indicators of negligent behaviors helps victims claim their right towards justice. Especially when these accidents lead to detrimental outcomes like broken bones, sprained ankles or wrists, bruising or swelling, concussions, or fill worse scenarios such as spinal cord injuries; patients deserve rightful compensations ensuring aid in their healing process free from financial worries.

At Carlson Bier, we view our role as more than just legal representation — It’s about standing up for those whose voices would find no adequate hearing otherwise. We invite you into this haven of allyship armed with dynamic approach maneuvering through legal systems reassuring that with us at your side settlement victory stops being a potential probability but instead soon-approaching reality!

Click on the button below to evaluate how much YOUR case could potentially gain in terms of deserving awards/recuperation amounts against damages suffered due to slip-and-fall accidents! Remember: You don’t just owe it yourself; justice awaits acknowledging its rightful claim too! With Carlson Bier – Your Injury *IS* Personal And Our Victory Guarantee Continues Establishing This Truth!

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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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Slip & Fall Accidents FAQ​

The most common causes of slip and fall accidents in Chicago include:

  • Wet or slippery floors: This could include spills, leaks, and snow and ice.
  • Uneven surfaces: This could include potholes, cracks in the pavement, and loose floorboards.
  • Poor lighting: This could make it difficult to see hazards on the ground.
  • Obstructions: This could include cords, boxes, and other objects that are in the way.

If you have a slip and fall 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.
  • Report the accident to the property owner or manager. This will create a record of the accident and help you build your case if you decide to file a lawsuit.
  • 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.
  • Contact a slip and fall accident lawyer. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

As a slip and fall 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 property owner or manager if you believe they were negligent in maintaining the property.
  • Have your case heard by a jury.

In a slip and fall 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.

  • Loss of enjoyment of life: This includes compensation for the activities you can no longer enjoy as a result of your injuries.
  • Property damage: This includes the cost of repairing or replacing your belongings that were damaged in the accident.
  • Punitive damages: These damages are awarded to punish the defendant for egregious or reckless conduct.

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

All Attorney Services in Chemung

Areas of Practice in Chemung

Pedal Cycle Incidents

Specializing in legal assistance for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to others's negligence or unsafe conditions.

Fire Wounds

Providing professional legal support for sufferers of grave burn injuries caused by accidents or indifference.

Physician Carelessness

Delivering specialist legal services for victims affected by hospital malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Merchandise Responsibility

Managing cases involving unsafe products, supplying skilled legal services to individuals affected by faulty goods.

Geriatric Malpractice

Supporting the rights of seniors who have been subjected to malpractice in elderly care environments, ensuring restitution.

Tumble & Slip Incidents

Adept in managing stumble accident cases, providing legal support to victims seeking justice for their losses.

Birth Injuries

Offering legal assistance for families affected by medical incompetence resulting in birth injuries.

Vehicle Incidents

Incidents: Dedicated to assisting sufferers of car accidents receive appropriate settlement for hurts and impairment.

Scooter Collisions

Committed to providing legal advice for bikers involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring justice for harm.

Truck Mishap

Extending expert legal assistance for individuals involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing appropriate compensation for hurts.

Construction Crashes

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

Cognitive Traumas

Specializing in providing professional legal assistance for persons suffering from neurological injuries due to incidents.

Dog Bite Injuries

Skilled in addressing cases for people who have suffered traumas from puppy bites or wildlife encounters.

Foot-traveler Accidents

Focused on legal assistance for walkers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering claims.

Unwarranted Fatality

Advocating for loved ones affected by a wrongful death, delivering compassionate and skilled legal guidance to ensure fairness.

Neural Damage

Dedicated to supporting individuals with vertebral damage, offering professional legal assistance to secure recovery.

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