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About Carlson Bier Associates

When it comes to legal representation for spinal cord injuries, Carlson Bier sets the gold standard in Keithsburg. Renowned statewide for our specialized knowledge and unyielding dedication to clients’ rights, we bring a lifetime’s worth of expertise straight into your corner. Spinal cord damage is life-altering – an event that demands nothing less than impeccable advocacy from start-to-finish. At Carlson Bier, we comprehend the complexity of such personal injury cases; thus our mission extends not only towards representing you legally but also ensuring maximum monetary recovery on your behalf. Our track record speaks volumes: decades-long commitment producing successful outcomes across Illinois with millions recovered for our clients beset by devastating spinal cord injuries – testifying to Carlson Bier’s unparalleled efficacy as a stalwart ally advocating specifically in this area of law practice. Redress must be justifiable and comprehensive – that’s what you expect and precisely what we fight for at Carlson Bier.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Keithsburg Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we champion the cause of those who have suffered spinal cord injuries. As experienced personal injury attorneys based in Illinois, we aim to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of this devastating event that can completely alter life as you know it. Spinal cord injuries often occur due to traumatic events such as auto accidents or falls and they can result into varying levels of loss in feeling or mobility.

The effects of these types of injuries are not easily predictable – each case is unique. Some common symptoms include but are not limited to:

• Paralysis including quadriplegia (complete paralysis below the neck) and paraplegia (paralysis below the waist)

• Muscle weakness or inability to control movement

• Sensory changes such as heightened sensitivity or numbness

• Trouble breathing without assistance

Delving deeper into what happens when a spinal cord injury occurs, there is generally damage to the nerve fibers passing through at the affected area – disrupting signals between your brain and other parts of your body. This results in decreased ability for your body systems to communicate effectively which can lead to potentially debilitating consequences.

Treatment options are as varied as symptoms themselves – from physical therapy regimes aimed at gaining strength and coordination; surgical interventions for severity minimization, managing complications; professional counselling aids adapting to new challenges post-injury, just to mention a few. It should be noted that subsequent costs related with treatments besides actual care like rehabilitation services, adaptive equipment recommendation and emotional support resources also factor significantly.

Living with a spinal cord injury requires more than just medical treatment – it demands resilience, courage, substantial adjustments in one’s lifestyle along with significant financial implications owing both immediate healthcare finances besides long term costs associated ultimately influencing quality of life substantially. Multiply all these aspects by countless sleepless nights worrying about how bills get covered or if working again might ever stand possible makes for a distressing scenario no doubt.

This is where we at Carlson Bier stand committed to shoulder your burden; fighting for suitable compensation you justly deserve navigates way through this harrowing experience. Our Illinois-based team boasts years of combined personal injury casework experience, keenly holding specialty pertaining cases involving spinal cord injuries. We aim to impart necessary legal expertise required within courtrooms besides dealing with insurance companies alike- striving altogether ensuring rightful recovery inclusive due medical expenses, lost wages, future earning capability and pain or suffering endured.

While numbers exact magnitude compensation accorded does not reinstate a life pre-injury state yet could alleviate some financial stresses facilitating concentrate on healing instead worrying about associated costs. Looking deeper than caring for the client’s immediate needs, we champion adapting a holistic approach aiming also catering towards long-term living adjustments implanting right balance between emotional well-being and physical health restoring confidence foster hope inspire perseverance despite adversity faced post such distressful experiences.

This commitment by us emerges from understanding devastating effects linked with spinal cord injuries both existentially along with financially thereby hoping better equipped advocating rights within intricate legal proceedings concurrent securing favorable outcome becoming possible entirely due meticulous preparation along with strategized execution our seasoned attorneys otherwise boast excelling at in their capacity as respective personal injury law professionals here at Carlson Bier.

With uncompromising dedication resonating our mission providing superior representation for those injured unwillingly victimizing circumstances beyond control rest assured choosing Carlson Bier substantiates wise choice indeed mandates waking up each day striving harder today than yesterday standing true unwavering faith – there exists justice served unconditionally ultimately protecting your interests realization quite pleasant indeed proving seeking help upon clicking “claim evaluation” below worth every single drained ounce strength demonstrated getting here now.

Let’s take that first step together. Click the button below to determine what your case may accurately be worth, remembering that each passing minute period opting delay otherwise increases chances critical evidence sterilization absolutely damaging case possibilities virtually hindering claim success significantly prove disastrous altogether potentially derailing compensation in its entirety.

Your fight is ostensibly ours to combat. Benefit willfully from our wealth of experience and vast resources bolstering chances claiming what justly belongs to – finding solace within relieving peace becoming primary objective achieved successfully – all mirroring fulfillment supreme Carlson Bier difference we cherish most dearly indeed.

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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 Keithsburg

Bike Collisions

Proficient in legal assistance for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to others' recklessness or hazardous conditions.

Fire Traumas

Supplying expert legal assistance for individuals of severe burn injuries caused by mishaps or carelessness.

Healthcare Incompetence

Providing dedicated legal advice for victims affected by clinical malpractice, including surgical errors.

Goods Accountability

Addressing cases involving defective products, delivering skilled legal help to consumers affected by harmful products.

Senior Misconduct

Supporting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to misconduct in elderly care environments, ensuring compensation.

Tumble and Fall Mishaps

Professional in tackling tumble accident cases, providing legal assistance to persons seeking recovery for their losses.

Neonatal Harms

Delivering legal aid for loved ones affected by medical incompetence resulting in infant injuries.

Auto Incidents

Crashes: Committed to aiding patients of car accidents secure equitable remuneration for injuries and losses.

Motorbike Accidents

Expert in providing representation for riders involved in scooter accidents, ensuring justice for harm.

Semi Mishap

Ensuring expert legal services for individuals involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing rightful claims for losses.

Worksite Incidents

Concentrated on advocating for workmen or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to carelessness or negligence.

Neurological Injuries

Committed to ensuring dedicated legal support for persons suffering from head injuries due to accidents.

Dog Bite Injuries

Adept at handling cases for people who have suffered harms from dog attacks or beast attacks.

Cross-walker Mishaps

Specializing in legal representation for foot-travelers involved in accidents, providing professional services for recovering claims.

Unwarranted Passing

Working for families affected by a wrongful death, offering understanding and professional legal guidance to ensure restitution.

Spinal Cord Damage

Focused on assisting victims with spine impairments, offering dedicated legal representation to secure justice.

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