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When faced with the life-altering impact of spinal cord injuries, it’s crucial to have a legal representative that not just understands your case but champions your rights too. Consider Carlson Bier; with years of experience and unparalleled expertise in this field, we consistently strive to ensure justice is served. Our team deeply empathizes with each client’s unique plight and handles every situation delicately while relentlessly pursuing rightful compensation. In Harristown or anywhere else you may be, our firm accepts cases throughout Illinois, focusing on obtaining maximum recovery for victims suffering from such catastrophic injuries. Furthermore, at Carlson Bier, we believe in clarity of communication – continuously guiding clients through intricate legality yet speaking plain English whenever necessary so everyone feels comfortable and informed along their journey towards justice. Excellence is what defines us as personal injury attorneys – Judge us by our results; we promise never to disappoint you because helping people like you overcome adversity motivates us daily at Carlson Bier.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Harristown Illinois

As a dedicated law firm based in Illinois, Carlson Bier unceasingly delivers legal assistance to victims of spinal cord injuries. Our team of expert personal injury lawyers understands the life-altering implications these injuries can have on an individual’s livelihood and overall quality of life. This page seeks to educate you about spinal cord injuries while offering significant value through relevant information and resources tailored to your needs.

Spinal cord injuries occur when there is any damage to the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal. Such injuries often cause permanent changes in strength, sensation, and other bodily functions beneath the site of injury. It’s paramount that individuals understand basic elements related to Spacial Cord Injuries such as:

• The primary causes: These are typically due to physical trauma such as vehicle accidents, falls, sports-related accidents, or violent acts.

• The range of impact: These injuries might result in incomplete tetraplegia or paraplegia – conditions that affect movement and could lead to partial or complete paralysis.

• The treatment options : Current treatments revolve around preventing further injury and empowering people with spinal cord injury to return actively into their community

At Carlson Bier, we firmly believe that it’s essential for all potential clients to comprehend how complex these cases can become legally. Establishing liability may require extensive investigation as there may be more than one party at fault. Furthermore, considerable medical evidence must be presented for any damages claim.

Insurance companies might undervalue or even deny your claim for compensation—another reason why legal expertise is crucial in these proceedings because a seasoned attorney has the skills necessary to negotiate effectively with insurance providers.

On another spectrum besides providing information concerning spinal cord injuries themselves, our aim bends towards underscoring you understand your rights and entitlements under Illinois state law following such severe trauma:

• Right To Compensation: If your injury resulted from someone else’s negligence or intentional harm, you are entitled by law to seek monetary compensation.

• Right To Equal Treatment: You’re entitled to equal and fair medical treatment and access to necessary rehabilitative resources.

• Right To Legal Representation: Hiring a spinal cord injury attorney can typically increase the amount of compensation you receive.

We at Carlson Bier invest mandatory time in ensuring that our lawyers are up-to-date with recent changes in personal injury law. This step ensures your legal representative lender you top-tier service, protecting your rights and securing the maximum amount of compensation for your case.

This process may sound overwhelming if confronted on your own. That’s why we encourage trusted companionship during this arduous journey. When implicated with injuries such as those related to the spinal cord, it’s paramount that the victim secures legal representation experienced in dealing with these specific cases.

Here at Carlson Bier, we not only provide an experienced team member but also commit ourselves wholeheartedly to every case we represent. The courage and resilience exhibited by victims deserve equally strong devotion from their lawyer, which is precisely what you can expect when choosing us as your legal representation.

Time is often critical after sustaining a spinal cord injury—a prompt initiation of a personal injury claim increases your chance of succeeding in receiving substantial recompense for medical expenses, lost earnings, pain, suffering, as well as any future costs pertinent to further ongoing care or support.

Therefore, we advise taking immediate action if you have been unfortunate enough to sustain such severe and life-altering injuries yourself or witness a loved one fall into such trauma.

Reach out today by clicking on the button below—our expert attorneys will guide and aid you through this crucial period. We remain highly dedicated towards each client providing personalized attention throughout this strenuous journey – determinedly pursuing all avenues of legal recourse available under Illinois Law.

Let us help determine how much your case might be worth—it informs us about key elements defining potential reparation opportunities within Illinois Legislative parameters; our commitment remains unwavering in ensuring that you get the utmost compensation for your unfortunate ordeal.

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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 Harristown

Bicycle Incidents

Focused on legal support for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to others' carelessness or unsafe conditions.

Flame Damages

Providing skilled legal assistance for people of serious burn injuries caused by accidents or carelessness.

Clinical Carelessness

Providing dedicated legal services for victims affected by physician malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Items Responsibility

Addressing cases involving defective products, supplying adept legal support to consumers affected by product-related injuries.

Geriatric Neglect

Protecting the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to neglect in senior centers environments, ensuring protection.

Stumble and Slip Occurrences

Expert in addressing trip accident cases, providing legal services to sufferers seeking compensation for their injuries.

Neonatal Damages

Providing legal aid for families affected by medical carelessness resulting in neonatal injuries.

Automobile Crashes

Crashes: Devoted to aiding clients of car accidents secure just remuneration for harms and damages.

Two-Wheeler Accidents

Committed to providing legal advice for motorcyclists involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring just recovery for traumas.

Semi Collision

Extending specialist legal representation for persons involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing appropriate claims for harms.

Building Site Incidents

Engaged in advocating for employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or recklessness.

Head Impairments

Dedicated to extending specialized legal services for clients suffering from cerebral injuries due to carelessness.

Dog Bite Injuries

Specialized in dealing with cases for individuals who have suffered damages from K9 assaults or wildlife encounters.

Foot-traveler Mishaps

Focused on legal support for foot-travelers involved in accidents, providing expert advice for recovering restitution.

Undeserved Passing

Working for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, providing sensitive and experienced legal services to ensure justice.

Neural Impairment

Committed to representing individuals with vertebral damage, offering dedicated legal services to secure compensation.

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