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About Carlson Bier Associates

When dealing with Spinal Cord Injuries, it’s crucial to have a knowledgeable legal representative who can navigate the complexities of personal injury law. Carlson Bier is the ideal advocate for these matters. As an expert legal entity in Illinois, we specialize in reviewing extensive medical records and working closely with healthcare professionals to develop compelling cases on behalf of our clients suffering from spinal cord injuries.

Our reputation has transcended boundaries, making us a trusted name even beyond our base location. Carlson Bier meticulously ensures that each client receives personalized attention; their unique situations examined thoroughly to secure maximum compensation they rightfully deserve.

Our team relentlessly investigates every angle of your case and confronts insurance companies if they aren’t offering fair settlement amounts—bringing extensive litigation experience into play if necessary. Having represented numerous victims facing significant life changes due to Spinal Cord Injuries, we empathize deeply with what you are going through currently.

Choose Carlson Bier being fully confident about receiving exceptional legal help — so you can focus on recovery while we handle advocacy for your rights vigilantly.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Findlay Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we are reputable personal injury attorneys based in Illinois, specializing in providing legal assistance for various kinds of injury-related matters. A significant part of our practice is dedicated to handling cases involving spinal cord injuries, which often carry life-altering implications for the victims and their families.

In elucidating the subject matter adequately, it’s imperative to understand what a spinal cord injury entails. This catastrophic situation occurs when there’s damage to the spinal cord that results in loss of function like mobility or feeling. The most common causes include diseases such as polio or spina bifida – but more frequently – they’re due to direct injury such as during vehicle accidents, falls, sports activities or violent encounters.

Symptoms linked with spinal cord injuries vary since each incident differs considerably; therefore, diagnosing these injuries can be quite intricate. Some critical signs included are chronic pain, difficulty walking or moving extremities after a traumatic event and loss of physical control over bladder and bowel functions amongst other things.

• Why don’t victims experience identical symptoms?

Primarily this is because your spine contains many nerves constructed intricately with your brain forming central command – once damaged their corresponding messages get interrupted causing varying discomfort levels dependent on where along its length trauma was sustained. Corded above waistline results primarily upper body issues down: it predominantly raises lower half difficulties including paralysis known medically as ‘paraplegia.’

• How severe can these injuries get?

There is an arbitrary distinction made between complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries by medical professionals. If victim loses all sensibility below level inflicted wound he suffers from a complete injury while residual functionality represents an incomplete one.

Here at Carlson Bier, we recognize the toll that dealing with a spinal cord injury takes on individuals and families both emotionally and financially. We strive to alleviate some burdens through responsive legal representation that targets securing compensation benefits you rightfully deserve owing to someone else’s negligence leading up your unfortunate circumstance.

Emphasizing that legal action might not bring back full health, we are nevertheless dedicated in any way possible to deliver the utmost care and assistance throughout this time. A successful claim helps substantially in confronting life-altering changes by providing for ongoing medical expenses, physical therapy costs, necessary home modifications for disability access, loss of wages and overall pain plus suffering endured.

Delving deeper into spinal injury litigation requires understanding negligence laws comprising Illinois’ juriscal framework – our firm excels at this! Carlson Bier’s attorneys work relentlessly building solid cases on evidence that prove liability beyond a reasonable doubt ensuring your rightful compensation.

Having meticulously tackled key areas surrounding spinal cord injuries while noting particular concerns people may have facing this condition, we invite you now take decisive action. Carlson Bier is welcoming potential clients enthusiastically ready walking alongside them during their prospective journey towards legal recourse post such traumatic incidents.

Time plays an instrumental role in ensuring justice served swiftly securing maximum entitlements with time-sensitive filing stipulations existing under the law. Waiting too long could jeopardize a viable lawsuit depriving you entirely same – act immediately therefore!

Are you curious about finding out how much your case might be worth? Scroll down and click on the button below. Our intake specialist would love to discuss specifics around your situation determining potential valuation offering guidance about next steps needed formalizing representation via our well respected law firm Carlson Bier located unsurprisingly within gracious confines of Illinois delivering top-notch personal injury service across state lines focusing specifically today within realms associated concerning Spinal Cord Injuries all too regrettably affecting countless innocent lives annually due other people’s reckless actions or gross carelessness exhibited alarming frequency amidst today’s chaotic hustle-bustle societal existence where everyone always seems rushing getting somewhere quickly regardless consequent human cost borne unfortunately precarious expense others unwittingly caught path harm.

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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 Findlay

Pedal Cycle Mishaps

Expert in legal support for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' carelessness or risky conditions.

Flame Damages

Extending skilled legal assistance for victims of serious burn injuries caused by incidents or indifference.

Hospital Negligence

Delivering specialist legal advice for victims affected by clinical malpractice, including surgical errors.

Merchandise Responsibility

Managing cases involving unsafe products, supplying adept legal help to victims affected by product-related injuries.

Elder Misconduct

Supporting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to malpractice in senior centers environments, ensuring restitution.

Trip and Tumble Injuries

Expert in handling fall and trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to clients seeking recovery for their suffering.

Neonatal Traumas

Providing legal assistance for relatives affected by medical misconduct resulting in infant injuries.

Car Accidents

Crashes: Committed to helping individuals of car accidents gain appropriate remuneration for hurts and harm.

Bike Collisions

Focused on providing legal assistance for riders involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for injuries.

Semi Collision

Delivering expert legal assistance for clients involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing fair recovery for losses.

Construction Site Accidents

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

Cerebral Impairments

Committed to ensuring specialized legal advice for individuals suffering from cognitive injuries due to accidents.

Canine Attack Harms

Expertise in dealing with cases for clients who have suffered traumas from K9 assaults or beast attacks.

Cross-walker Mishaps

Focused on legal assistance for joggers involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering claims.

Undeserved Death

Standing up for loved ones affected by a wrongful death, providing empathetic and professional legal services to ensure compensation.

Backbone Injury

Expert in defending individuals with paralysis, offering specialized legal support to secure justice.

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