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Experiencing a birth injury can be heart-wrenching for any family. Navigating the complex legal landscape shouldn’t compound your distress. Thankfully, Carlson Bier is here to help you get the justice deserved. We are an Illinois-based law firm specializing in Birth Injuries cases and understand deeply the intricacies of such claims. Our seasoned attorneys offer unparalleled expertise that positions your case for a favorable outcome while providing compassionate support every step of the way.

We advocate fiercely on our clients’ behalf, examining each facet meticulously to ensure maximum compensation is sought. No matter how complicated these medical malpractice cases may appear, we’re equipped with vast resources due largely to our commitment towards upholding client rights ahead of anything else.

Our dedication has made us a go-to choice within Illinois when seeking representation in Birth Injuries related matters – bringing peace during this stressful time is not just our competence but also an ethical responsibility we hold dear at Carlson Bier.

Partner with us today as we make holding perpetrators accountable easier than ever before; because your child deserves nothing less than the best advocacy possible— that’s what Carlson Bier firmly believes in and strenuously works for!

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Understanding Birth Injuries: A Legal Perspective from Carlson Bier Attorneys at Law

Birth injuries constitute a particularly distressing area of personal injury law. At the heart of these cases is the profound emotional and physical impact they typically have on families throughout Illinois, and beyond. As one of the leading legal practices in this field, Carlson Bier prides ourselves on possessing unparalleled expertise in navigating such complex and sensitive situations.

Generally, birth injuries refer to harm that infants experience during or immediately after the childbirth process. These accidents often result in serious, sometimes lifelong conditions – including Cerebral Palsy, Brachial Plexus Palsy, and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.

• Cerebral Palsy may affect movement, balance, posture or motor skills due to brain damage occurring before or during birth.

• Brachial Plexus Palsy (Erb’s palsy) involves nerve damage leading to weakness or paralysis in the arm.

• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy results from limited oxygen flow to infant’s brain during labor or delivery causing possible neurological impairment.

It’s essential for parents to realize that not all birth issues equate with medical negligence; however there’s no denying that sometimes harmful errors by healthcare professionals do occur. When negligence causes an otherwise preventable accident leading to infant injuries it’s deemed as a violation of standard care expected under Illinois law.

Moreover improving transparency about how these complications arise contributes both towards helping those affected understand their rights while also raising awareness among expecting couples about potential risks related with birthing procedures—something our team at Carlson Bier fully encourages:

• Anesthesia mismanagement: Overdosage could potentially risk mother’s respiratory function causing Oxygen deprivation in baby.

• Excessive use of forceps/vacuum extractors disrupting soft head tissues resulting into menacing skull fractures.

• Delayed response to fetus stress signals notably irregular heartbeat triggering fetal hypoxia.

• Mishandling shoulder dystocia complicating normal delivery leading to Brachial Plexus Palsy.

When dealing with such sensitive cases there’s an undeniable need for compassion alongside technical legal knowledge. The personal injury lawyers at Carlson Bier understand the holistic pain of insurmountable medical bills, continuous care needs, emotional distress and most importantly loss of a ‘normal’ life for affected families. It is under this premise that we have become staunch advocates for our clients ensuring they receive due compensation.

Critically, fair value compensation secured by engaging proficient birth injury attorney could potentially cover:

• Medical expenses (past/future): Hospitalization cost, regular rehabilitation therapies, specialized assistive devices or home alterations.

• Non-economic damages: Pain & suffering, mental anguish as well as loss of companionship/affection in some more extreme cases.

• Punitive damages: If healthcare provider’s actions are deemed egregiously negligent or willful disregard to standard care; punitive damages may be awarded on top of actual losses—intended to dissuade similar future incidents.

At Carlson Bier it has been our unwavering dedication towards exposing instances where negligence occurs during childbirth which inflicts unnecessary harm on infants. We relentlessly push for reforms while embracing each case with utmost sincerity recognizing that behind every claim is an innocent child’s future and family’s peace.

We exclusively focus on securing justice for families impacted by birth injuries across Illinois without making deceptive geographical claims regarding physical office locations—a practice we firmly believe ignores fundamental professional ethics rightfully viewed unfavorably under state law.

Deciding to pursue a lawsuit seeking restitution for infant suffering caused by avoidable birth injuries can indeed seem daunting. But rest assured your journey towards justice becomes less arduous when partnered with accomplished attorneys from Carlson Bier — who continuously fight for what’s right even in face of fierce opposition.For capturing essence of real-world impact experienced due these unfortunate circumstances besides providing fair monetary relief, engaging specialist birth injury law firm such as ours can make all the difference.

So why wait? Each moment is valuable and your quest for justice should commence without unnecessary delay.Get started by discovering how much your case could be potentially worth. Click on the button below and let our passionate team guide you towards necessary legal remedies through these challenging times.

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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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Birth Injuries FAQ

The most common birth injuries include:

  • Cerebral palsy: This is a group of disorders that affect movement and coordination.
  • Erb’s palsy: This is a nerve injury that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm and hand.
  • Brachial plexus palsy: This is a group of nerve injuries that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm, shoulder, and hand.
  • Spinal cord injuries: These injuries can cause paralysis or weakness below the waist.
  • Traumatic brain injuries: These injuries can cause a variety of physical, cognitive, and emotional problems.

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

  • Medical malpractice: This can include mistakes made by doctors during pregnancy, labor, or delivery.
  • Oxygen deprivation: This can occur if the baby does not get enough oxygen during pregnancy or labor.
  • Physical trauma: This can occur if the baby is injured during labor or delivery.
  • Birth defects: Some birth injuries are caused by birth defects.

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

  • Weakness or paralysis: This may be in one or more limbs.
  • Seizures
  • Breathing problems
  • Feeding problems
  • Developmental delays
  • Learning disabilities

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

  • Surgery
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Medications
  • Supportive care

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit if your child was injured due to medical malpractice or another factor. A birth 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 Dieterich

Bicycle Mishaps

Proficient in legal assistance for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' lack of care or dangerous conditions.

Flame Damages

Supplying specialist legal services for sufferers of grave burn injuries caused by incidents or recklessness.

Hospital Malpractice

Delivering expert legal support for individuals affected by medical malpractice, including surgical errors.

Merchandise Responsibility

Managing cases involving faulty products, delivering professional legal help to individuals affected by product malfunctions.

Geriatric Mistreatment

Supporting the rights of seniors who have been subjected to misconduct in care facilities environments, ensuring protection.

Stumble and Trip Occurrences

Skilled in managing tumble accident cases, providing legal advice to victims seeking recovery for their harm.

Childbirth Damages

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

Automobile Crashes

Accidents: Dedicated to assisting sufferers of car accidents get fair recompense for damages and damages.

Motorcycle Incidents

Focused on providing legal assistance for victims involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring rightful claims for losses.

Big Rig Accident

Extending specialist legal advice for persons involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing appropriate settlement for harms.

Construction Site Incidents

Concentrated on representing workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to safety violations or negligence.

Head Traumas

Expert in offering professional legal services for individuals suffering from cerebral injuries due to accidents.

K9 Assault Harms

Expertise in addressing cases for victims who have suffered damages from canine attacks or beast attacks.

Pedestrian Crashes

Focused on legal representation for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering claims.

Unfair Loss

Fighting for families affected by a wrongful death, delivering caring and skilled legal services to ensure compensation.

Vertebral Injury

Committed to defending individuals with paralysis, offering specialized legal guidance to secure compensation.

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