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About Carlson Bier Associates

When facing the distressing reality of nursing home abuse in Grandwood Park, it is essential to secure credible legal support promptly. Carlson Bier, an Illinois-based personal injury lawyer firm, has earned its stellar reputation through unwavering commitment and exceptional prowess in this delicate arena of law. Their team offers comprehensive counsel for such cases, demonstrating compassion and dedication towards every client’s cause as they navigate the complex legal processes together. Recognized for their diligent advocacy against nursing home malpractice statewide, Carlson Bier remains unmatched in their pursuit of justice and compensation for affected seniors’ losses – emotional anguish included. Equipped with a wealth of expertise gained over years defending those victimized by elder care negligence or cruelty issues; they exemplify integrity while maintaining rigorously high ethical standards throughout proceedings – ensuring your trust isn’t misplaced during such trying times. Selecting Carlson Bier as your ally means betting on proven excellence delivered with sensitivity; choose them today to take decisive action against nursing home abuses occurring within Grandwood Park.

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Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers in Grandwood Park Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we understand the gravity of entrusting a loved one to the care of a nursing home. It’s an act of trust and faith you expect will be sanctified with utmost respect and equal measure of responsibility by the caregiver. A duty owed to them not just ethically,but legally as well. Nonetheless, there are disheartening instances when this all-important trust is violated resulting in abuse or neglect.

Nursing home abuses can manifest in multifarious forms spanning physical, emotional, sexual abuse or financial exploitation.

Physical abuse constitutes acts that cause pain such as hitting,punching,burning or restrainment. Coachmarks may include – unexplained injuries, reluctance to speak in the presence of staff members and non-consistent accounts for injuries.

Emotional abuses,on the other hand,could variate from verbal assault,intimidation to humiliation.The victim may show signs like change in behavior pattern,reduced social interaction or frequent agitation around certain individuals.

Sexual Abuse necessarily encompasses any form of non-consensual contact.These could leave obvious red-flags like sudden emergence of sexually transmitted infections,torn underclothing,blood stains etc besides inexplicable anxiety or withdrawn behavior.

Financial Exploitation emerges when finances,salaries,pensions are mishandled,wills meddled with or valuables stolen.Signs could encompass sudden depletion of savings/assets/money transfers/new signatories on bank accounts that cant be explained by victims themselves .

It isn’t always easy tackling these distressing transgressions alone.There’s Nicaraguan saying ‘ An unarmed lawyer is no better than a secretary’ .We ensure you don’t have to walk alone.We at Carlson Bier have amassed stringent expertise over time,addressing diverse case types across Illinois.We stand equipped with resources,knowledge & experience teamed with deep committed legal representation services.With our continuous efforts&unwavering empathy towards victims ,we aim at tipping scales towards justice

Our prime motive is to ensure accountability and bring justice swiftly. To this end, Carlson Bier provides experienced attorneys equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge for investigating nursing home abuses while working diligently to devise a cogent strategy aimed at obtaining the maximum compensation possible. We provide compassionate counseling to guide you through legal processes and are always here to listen, lend our earnest support and offer solid legal advice.

How do we proceed once abuse is reported? Our initial investigative process centers around understanding the abused resident’s history, evaluating medical records, speaking with potential witnesses (like other residents or employees), examining staffing patterns for negligence red flags.

But it doesn’t just stop there. Our team also includes medical professionals familiar with different injuries linked to specific neglect or abusive practices who can authenticate causality in court proceedings.Moreover, we work only on a contingency fee basis — meaning that unless we successfully resolve your case,you owe us nothing!

At no point in time should you let guilt overwhelm your senses in light of what has transpired.Remember- placing someone in a nursing home does not disown them .Planet earth was designed as ruminants nurturing spheres-we exist to help one another. The law recognizes & protects these virtues.Leverage it.

Our firm strives not merely towards achievement of objective wins but fostering deeper relationship spanning trust&understanding because ‘the first thing we do when we build a house thinks about the walls’

Unshackle yourself from pervasive agony by clicking on “What’s my Case Worth”. Time is precious ,and as an effective exponent of swift justice delivery system,the sooner you click,the faster moves you towards closure.

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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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Nursing Home | Elder Abuse FAQ​

The signs and symptoms of nursing home abuse or neglect can vary depending on the type of abuse or neglect that is occurring. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Physical abuse: This could include bruises, cuts, fractures, and other injuries.
  • Emotional abuse: This could include verbal abuse, intimidation, and isolation.
  • Sexual abuse: This could include sexual touching, intercourse, and other sexual acts.
  • Neglect: This could include malnutrition, dehydration, and poor hygiene.

If you suspect that your loved one is being abused or neglected in a nursing home, you should:

  • Report your suspicions to the nursing home administrator.
  • Contact the local ombudsman, who is an advocate for nursing home residents.
  • File a complaint with the state’s department of health or human services.
  • Contact a nursing home abuse lawyer. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

As a family member of a nursing home abuse or neglect victim, you have the right to:

  • Visit your loved one at any time.
  • Have access to your loved one’s medical records.
  • Be informed of your loved one’s care plan and treatment.
  • File a complaint against the nursing home if you believe your loved one is being abused or neglected.

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit for nursing home abuse or neglect if your loved one has been injured due to the negligence or recklessness of the nursing home. A nursing home abuse 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 Grandwood Park

Bicycle Mishaps

Focused on legal advocacy for people injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' lack of care or hazardous conditions.

Scald Injuries

Providing specialist legal assistance for sufferers of major burn injuries caused by mishaps or indifference.

Physician Misconduct

Offering experienced legal assistance for clients affected by hospital malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Goods Obligation

Taking on cases involving dangerous products, supplying expert legal assistance to clients affected by product-related injuries.

Aged Abuse

Protecting the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to misconduct in aged care environments, ensuring compensation.

Slip & Slip Incidents

Adept in addressing stumble accident cases, providing legal support to individuals seeking compensation for their damages.

Birth Harms

Supplying legal assistance for loved ones affected by medical misconduct resulting in childbirth injuries.

Automobile Accidents

Mishaps: Dedicated to helping sufferers of car accidents get appropriate recompense for harms and losses.

Motorbike Mishaps

Dedicated to providing legal advice for riders involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring just recovery for injuries.

Trucking Incident

Offering experienced legal assistance for clients involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing adequate claims for damages.

Construction Incidents

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

Brain Impairments

Committed to offering expert legal representation for individuals suffering from neurological injuries due to accidents.

K9 Assault Injuries

Adept at tackling cases for people who have suffered injuries from K9 assaults or creature assaults.

Foot-traveler Crashes

Specializing in legal representation for walkers involved in accidents, providing expert advice for recovering compensation.

Unfair Fatality

Working for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, supplying compassionate and expert legal assistance to ensure compensation.

Spinal Cord Injury

Committed to representing patients with backbone trauma, offering dedicated legal assistance to secure recovery.

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