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About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with medical malpractice situations in Edgewater, choosing the right legal representation is crucial. Carlson Bier distinguishes itself as an exceptional choice based on our extensive experience and proven track record in negotiating Medical Malpractice claims across Illinois. We specialize specifically in personal injury cases, emphasizing compassionate counsel coupled with aggressive advocacy to obtain rightful compensation for those affected by negligence or professional errors within the healthcare system. Our dedicated team of attorneys offers expert guidance throughout each step of your case, diligently working to ensure a resolution that acknowledges your struggle and provides just recompense. As committed representatives acting with utmost integrity and professionalism, we advocate relentlessly for victims’ rights while adhering to all state laws governing practice areas and locations. Carlson Bier – Championing justice for those afflicted by medical malpractice when it matters most.

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Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Edgewater Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we stand as your rigorously competent personal injury attorneys who diligently defend the rights of victims in Illinois. We bring formidable years of experience to handle cases involving medical malpractice. Our vast expertise spans across myriad avenues from medical misdiagnosis, errors in surgery and anesthesia, birth injuries, pharmacy mistakes, nursing home negligence to deficient hospital care.

Medical malpractice refers to healthcare providers’ instances of neglecting their professional obligations that contribute to patients’ harm or jeopardy. It imposes severe consequences on a patient’s life, leading to physical discomforts or mental traumas. But making sense about such intricacies doesn’t need to grow into a daunting task when you have us by your side.

• Medical Misdiagnosis: This occurs when physicians fail accurately distinguishing an underlying disease or health condition. An improperly diagnosed affliction might escalate into harm – sometimes even exacerbating up to lethal repercussions.

• Surgery Errors: These entail incidents like operating wrong body parts, inappropriate surgical procedures, unneeded surgeries or inadvertently leaving instruments within the body.

• Anesthesia Mistakes: They are indeed rare but can inflict devastating after-effects and other complications when they do arise.

• Birth Injuries: Such mishaps may transpire due inadequately managed labors and deliveries inducing potential threats for both mothers along with infants.

• Nursing Home Negligence: Neglect often pops up through signs like pressure ulcers, recurrent falls/accidents or subtle changes in an aged person’s behaviors.

We believe it is essential for you as our esteemed client to understand these possible circumstances thoroughly so that you can identify if you have been unknowingly suffering under such unprofessional actions. These facets express how observant vigilance is required from every participant throughout any healthcare incident – especially among the vulnerable sector of patients who trustingly rely upon their caretakers’ efficacious expertise.

Carlson Bier also comprehends that medical malpractice extends beyond merely physical hardships often extending into emotional distress and financial burdens demanding compensations. This is why, we offer you our all-encompassing support by fully scrutinizing every detail around your unfortunate incident to warrant the best possible outcome in favor of you.

Our specialist practice doesn’t merely end by serving as mere legal counsels. Carlson Bier embodies an empathetic partner – ardently fighting with protective zeal for the well-being and justice of every victim trapped under medical malpractice experiences. We are committed to provide each client a transparent understanding about their case as we navigate skillfully through legal investigations, court confrontations along with negotiations against compensations.

While successfully partnering with numerous clientele from Illinois, Carlson Bier acknowledges how pivotal it is that victims get equipped with comprehensive insights about medical malpractice and its diverse implications on them. Acknowledging this gravity, we ensure evidencing astute familiarity fortifying clients into assured victims who can knowledgeably perceive their fate under skilled supervision.

Finally, we realize contemplating upon such tragic misfortunes can be overwhelming which may even prompt doubts concerning fair compensation requirement against the suffered trauma or corresponding cost evaluations upon your delicate circumstance. With us at Carlson Bier – a thought like this should never worry you anymore!

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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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Medical Malpractice FAQ​

Medical malpractice is negligence on the part of a healthcare professional that causes harm to a patient. Negligence occurs when a healthcare professional fails to meet the standard of care that is expected of them.

The most common types of medical malpractice include:

  • Misdiagnosis: This occurs when a healthcare professional fails to diagnose a patient’s condition correctly.
  • Delayed diagnosis: This occurs when a healthcare professional does not diagnose a patient’s condition until it is too late.
  • Surgical errors: These errors can occur during or after surgery.
  • Medication errors: These errors can include prescribing the wrong medication, prescribing the wrong dosage, or failing to monitor a patient for side effects.
  • Anesthesia errors: These errors can occur during or after surgery.

The signs and symptoms of medical malpractice can vary depending on the type of malpractice that occurred. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Unexplained injuries: This could include injuries that occurred during surgery or injuries that were not properly treated.
  • Worsening condition: If a patient’s condition worsens after receiving medical care, it may be a sign of medical malpractice.
  • Unexpected death: If a patient dies unexpectedly after receiving medical care, it may be a sign of medical malpractice.

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

  • Surgery: Surgery may be required to correct injuries that were caused by medical malpractice.
  • Physical therapy: Physical therapy may be required to help patients regain their strength and mobility after suffering an injury.
  • Occupational therapy: Occupational therapy may be required to help patients learn to perform activities of daily living after suffering an injury.
  • Medications: Medications may be required to treat pain and other symptoms of medical malpractice injuries.

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit for medical malpractice if you have been injured due to the negligence of a healthcare professional. A medical malpractice 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 Edgewater

Pedal Cycle Mishaps

Focused on legal services for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' lack of care or risky conditions.

Fire Traumas

Supplying adept legal help for victims of serious burn injuries caused by mishaps or recklessness.

Hospital Misconduct

Delivering experienced legal advice for victims affected by physician malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Products Liability

Dealing with cases involving faulty products, extending professional legal services to clients affected by defective items.

Elder Mistreatment

Protecting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to abuse in elderly care environments, ensuring justice.

Stumble and Trip Occurrences

Professional in dealing with trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to victims seeking compensation for their suffering.

Neonatal Wounds

Extending legal help for loved ones affected by medical malpractice resulting in neonatal injuries.

Automobile Crashes

Incidents: Focused on aiding clients of car accidents get appropriate compensation for harms and harm.

Motorbike Collisions

Focused on providing legal advice for bikers involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring rightful claims for traumas.

18-Wheeler Accident

Delivering professional legal assistance for drivers involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing just recompense for losses.

Worksite Accidents

Committed to defending staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or negligence.

Cognitive Harms

Specializing in delivering dedicated legal assistance for patients suffering from cerebral injuries due to carelessness.

K9 Assault Traumas

Expertise in tackling cases for individuals who have suffered harms from canine attacks or animal attacks.

Foot-traveler Accidents

Focused on legal services for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering claims.

Wrongful Demise

Fighting for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, offering sensitive and expert legal assistance to ensure compensation.

Vertebral Injury

Dedicated to advocating for clients with spine impairments, offering expert legal assistance to secure settlement.

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