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Experiencing the fallout from Medical Malpractice can be devastating. But with Carlson Bier, you’re not alone. As an esteemed personal injury lawyer firm, we pride ourselves on supporting victims of Medical Malpractice in Hodgkins and across Illinois. Our extensive legal proficiency enables us to fight relentlessly for your rights while ensuring that justice is served. At Carlson Bier, each case receives individual attention powered by compassionate representation—a combination that underpins our high success rates in such litigations. We understand deeply how local courts handle these cases around the state; thus we are able to provide customized legal strategies tailored specifically for each client’s situation. Armed with a solid evidence-based approach and years of litigation experience, choosing Carlson Bier will give you confidence as well as peace of mind throughout this challenging time.

When quality matters and results count; Let our dedicated attorney group be your pillar of strength when dealing with any medical malpractice occurrences in Hodgkins or elsewhere within Illinois—Choose correctly! Choose wisely! Choose Carlson Bier!

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Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Hodgkins Illinois

The legal firm of Carlson Bier specializes in personal injury law with a significant emphasis on medical malpractice cases. Based out of Illinois, our highly skilled team navigates the complex and often confusing landscape of personal injury laws to protect your rights zealously. But first, it is crucial to understand what medical malpractice entails to fully recognize its implications.

Medical Malpractice is a failure by a healthcare provider, whether through action or omission, which deviates from acceptable standards of practice in the medical community resulting in harm to the patient. This may include but is not restricted to misdiagnosis, errors in medication dosage or type, surgical complications resulting from doctor’s carelessness, unnecessary surgery, premature discharge, and disregard for relevant health history.

• Misdiagnosis: This occurs when an ailment goes undiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed leading to ineffective treatment that could worsen the condition.

• Medication Errors: Pharmaceutical blunders can range from wrong prescriptions to faulty administration methods causing severe harm.

• Surgical Complications: These arise whenever there’s negligence during surgery that causes harm beyond typical risks associated with such procedures.

• Unnecessary Surgery: Undergoing an unnecessarily surgical procedure put patients at risk for physical harm and psychological trauma.

• Premature Discharge: Releasing patients before they are fully recuperated jeopardizes their recovery process and potentially exposes them to life-threatening conditions.

• Ignoring Patient History: Neglecting salient points in a patient’s health history can lead to catastrophic impacts on treatments prescribed.

Understanding these key areas of potential negligence gives you a more informed perspective should you ever find yourself interpolated within any such incident.

Within Illinois law parameters we ensure justice for those suffering as victims of such critical oversights through comprehensive, expert representation. The attorneys at Carlson Bier bring their vast knowledge base and dedication into unraveling each case towards getting you maximum compensation possible under the law.

We help identify if malpractice occurred by investigating thoroughly – right from the initial consultation, gathering information about your case, through to communicating with healthcare providers for medical records. Our seasoned team assesses these records to determine whether a standard of care violation occurred which led to the patient’s harm or problem.

Weathering such an injustice can be exhausting – physically, emotionally and financially. It’s imperative that you get adequate compensation not just for immediate hospital expenses incurred but also long-term rehabilitation costs, loss of income during recovery – a fact often overlooked.

Carlson Bier is committed to safeguarding clients’ interests while combating medical malpractice in Illinois. We understand every aspect concerning the regulation laid down in Illinois law; this comprehension places us in optimum position to present cases effectively ensuring punitive damages serve dual purposes: chastising abhorrent treatment and compensating for pain felt by victims of malpractice.

Facing such episodes alone can be daunting leaving victims feeling helpless amid cascading legal nuances. This makes having skilled attorneys assisting reassure victims of their rights within tort laws improve their healing outcomes significantly whilst demonstrating our commitment towards delivering effective justice.

If you believe that you or a loved one have been victimized due to negligent healthcare service causing injury or exacerbating existing conditions, Carlson Bier certainly stands ready. Actionably express your agency against unacceptable healthcare service by allowing us help seek retribution while bringing aware attention towards improving overall health-standards preventing future reoccurrences.

Finally, should any incident occur where potential medical malpractice might seem at play, don’t hesitate on standing up seeking fair compensation rightfully due. To truly ascertain what claims could pertain within individual situations click on the button below offering insights into specifics surrounding each case reflecting true worth therein accountable under law provisions protecting patients against substandard care negligence in Illinois. Together lets ensure egregious health-care incidences no longer remain unchecked penalizing those responsible suitably compensating sufferers providing them rightful dues necessary towards reclaiming life momentum lost dealing with aftermaths from such traumatizing encounters.

Remember, justice is not just a concept, but your right – let Carlson Bier make it a reality for you.

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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 Hodgkins

Two-Wheeler Mishaps

Expert in legal representation for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to others's carelessness or perilous conditions.

Fire Damages

Providing adept legal help for sufferers of severe burn injuries caused by mishaps or carelessness.

Healthcare Negligence

Providing specialist legal advice for persons affected by medical malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Merchandise Liability

Addressing cases involving dangerous products, delivering skilled legal assistance to individuals affected by product malfunctions.

Aged Mistreatment

Defending the rights of seniors who have been subjected to abuse in elderly care environments, ensuring protection.

Slip & Slip Mishaps

Adept in tackling slip and fall accident cases, providing legal assistance to individuals seeking compensation for their injuries.

Neonatal Traumas

Providing legal help for relatives affected by medical carelessness resulting in newborn injuries.

Car Crashes

Mishaps: Concentrated on aiding clients of car accidents secure appropriate remuneration for damages and destruction.

Motorbike Mishaps

Focused on providing legal support for victims involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring justice for traumas.

Trucking Incident

Delivering specialist legal services for drivers involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing rightful recompense for losses.

Construction Site Mishaps

Concentrated on representing workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or misconduct.

Cognitive Traumas

Specializing in delivering expert legal representation for individuals suffering from cognitive injuries due to incidents.

Canine Attack Traumas

Proficient in addressing cases for clients who have suffered traumas from dog bites or wildlife encounters.

Pedestrian Crashes

Committed to legal assistance for joggers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering compensation.

Wrongful Fatality

Fighting for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, offering sensitive and adept legal services to ensure redress.

Backbone Harm

Focused on defending victims with backbone trauma, offering compassionate legal representation to secure recovery.

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