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About Carlson Bier Associates

When seeking legal representation after experiencing a spinal cord injury, Carlson Bier is an unparalleled choice. With specialized knowledge in personal injury law, our attorneys represent those affected by these serious injuries with both compassion and dedication while striving for optimal results every step of the way. Serving the Diamond area and fostering strong community relationships over years has honed our skill set to assist local residents on their journey towards justice and compensation for their catastrophic losses following a spinal cord trauma. Whether it’s medical negligence, road accidents or unsafe premises leading to your injury, you deserve expert counsel who will assertively advocate on your behalf. Our well-versed attorneys are uncompromising when it comes to holding perpetrators accountable for their negligent actions that inflict damage upon your life’s quality. Trusting us means trusting superior services geared toward recovery through experienced litigation in Illinois courts; as such make Carlson Bier your top consideration when selecting a Spinal Cord Injuries attorney – because we understand what’s truly at stake: Your future, regained.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Diamond Illinois

Specializing in personal injury law, Carlson Bier offers an unparalleled depth of knowledge and experience to individuals suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries (SCIs). As reputable attorneys based in Illinois, we understand the overwhelming challenges that come with such devastating injuries. Our commitment is to provide personalized legal advice and representation for our clients while aggressively pursuing the maximum compensation they deserve.

Spinal cord injuries can violently alter your life due to their massive impact on bodily functions and mobility. The severity of these injuries varies considerably; some may cause temporary ailments, while others lead to permanent paralysis. A few core factors influence the extent and lasting effects of spinal cord injuries:

– Location of Injury: SCIs higher up on the spine often result in more severe consequences such as quadriplegia.

– Completeness of Injury: If nerve signals cannot pass at all through the injured area (complete injury), this results in total loss of sensation and muscle control below the point of damage.

– Secondary Complications: Other potential complications include pain, numbness, respiratory problems, bladder or bowel dysfunction, poor thermal regulation among others.

Understandably, managing a new reality caused by spinal cord injuries takes immense courage coupled with financial robustness. Medical expenses like operations, physical therapy costs, adaptive equipment purchases—over time these expenditures amounting to hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of dollars. This easily creates emotional distress amplified further when considering long-term care services’ potential need.

Luckily for you, Carlson Bier stands ready to ensure that none bear these burdens alone or unsupported. We diligently work towards ensuring those responsible are held accountable financially so you can focus on recovery without additional stressors threatening your peace of mind.

Carlson Bier has spent decades successfully navigating numerous SCI cases amidst varying complexities within Illinois’ unique legal framework—an incredible testament to our firm’s capabilities and expertise. Our approach is twofold: first educate our clients about every aspect impacting their situation then utilize our seasoned skills to secure suitable compensation. Reducing uncertainties and forging ahead focused fully on your recovery is, we believe, the most potent tool aiding any SCI victim.

Our unwavering mission is simple: advocate for you while seeking maximum damages to offset medical bills, lost wages, as well as pain and suffering endured. However complicated or straightforward the circumstances surrounding an SCI might be—negligence, accidental falls, surgical errors, motor vehicle incidents—no case intimidates us.

Directly addressing insurers or representing your interests in court ensures that victims do not accept settlements less than they truly deserve. Through relentless defense of your rights as an individual thrown unfairly into taxing battles against suffering in silence—we ensure your voice resonates powerfully with those liable.

As skilled injury attorneys operating within Illinois law parameters—the Carlson Bier team promises representation stemming from credible experience and thorough knowledge about spinal cord injuries’ realities. You should know that you don’t pay unless we win; it helps shift focus towards rightful compensation rather than worry about additional financial burdens during this trying time.

Remember—you are not alone with a daunting challenge like a traumatic spinal cord injury when Carlson Bier is just one call away. We invite you now to take action by understanding precisely what your case could be worth financially. There’s no better time than today to make a strong stand against such injustices faced—not only securing deserved compensation but giving hope through demonstrating resilience despite adversity faced head-on.

Click below bravely standing tall against unfair battles strewn along your road toward recovery —thereby taking control back concerning times ahead fraught with uncertainty yet filled equally with abundant opportunities leading towards wholeness restoration and total life enjoyment again.

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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 Diamond

Pedal Cycle Accidents

Focused on legal advocacy for victims injured in bicycle accidents due to others' negligence or unsafe conditions.

Thermal Damages

Supplying adept legal help for people of serious burn injuries caused by occurrences or negligence.

Medical Malpractice

Providing expert legal assistance for victims affected by healthcare malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Commodities Accountability

Taking on cases involving dangerous products, extending specialist legal guidance to customers affected by harmful products.

Senior Abuse

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

Trip & Slip Injuries

Professional in tackling tumble accident cases, providing legal assistance to sufferers seeking redress for their harm.

Childbirth Harms

Extending legal guidance for kin affected by medical negligence resulting in newborn injuries.

Automobile Collisions

Mishaps: Concentrated on helping sufferers of car accidents gain reasonable compensation for injuries and damages.

Motorcycle Mishaps

Committed to providing legal services for victims involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring fair compensation for losses.

Big Rig Mishap

Offering experienced legal advice for individuals involved in semi accidents, focusing on securing appropriate recompense for harms.

Building Site Incidents

Committed to representing workmen or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or carelessness.

Cerebral Injuries

Expert in ensuring dedicated legal representation for patients suffering from neurological injuries due to incidents.

K9 Assault Harms

Skilled in tackling cases for victims who have suffered harms from dog attacks or animal assaults.

Foot-traveler Incidents

Committed to legal advocacy for foot-travelers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering claims.

Wrongful Death

Standing up for relatives affected by a wrongful death, delivering understanding and expert legal services to ensure compensation.

Backbone Trauma

Focused on representing clients with paralysis, offering dedicated legal support to secure redress.

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