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About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with the heartbreaking circumstance of a birth injury, you need an attorney who understands your plight. At Carlson Bier, we possess a deep understanding of this challenging field and are committed to offering expert services in Lacon. Our team comprises seasoned personal injury lawyers specially trained in addressing complicated legal matters surrounding birth injuries. As leading specialists in the industry, our expertise has often been pivotal for clients seeking justice or compensation for their children’s life-altering damages caused during childbirth due to medical negligence or malpractice. Be assured that every case we handle is treated with tenacity, compassion and unwavering commitment to your child’s rights; factors which reinforce why Carlson Bier should be your first consideration when seeking redress for any birth-related injury. We understand pain does not respect city boundaries; therefore making it our mission to extend excellent representation throughout the state of Illinois including but not limited to Lacon area.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Lacon Illinois

When it comes to birth injuries, most parents are in search of knowledge and understanding. It’s a difficult time that requires accurate information and compassionate support. At Carlson Bier, we’re here for you every step of the way providing reliable expertise as personal injury attorneys. We are based in Illinois with an extensive track record dealing specifically with cases of birth injuries.

Birth injuries can occur due to several reasons and manifest in many ways. Prolonged labor, delayed cesarean section or undue pressure applied during delivery could all lead to potential birth injuries. Conditions such as cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) can descend from improper medical care during childbirth. These conditions may result in long-term consequences impacting not only your child’s quality of life but also burdening you emotionally and financially.

Understanding the legal angle on this complex issue is key:

• Birth Injuries: Birth injuries if caused due to negligence or malpractice by a healthcare professional can be legally classified as personal injury.

• Standards Of Care: Herein lays the responsibility upon medical professionals to adhere to established standards while performing their duties.

• Proving Negligence: If these standards aren’t met resulting in harm or damage like a birth injury, dormancy negligence needs demonstrating through evidence.

• Pursuing A Case: Once negligence is proven, claims can be filed against those responsible seeking fair compensation for damages incurred physically, emotionally and monetarily.

We bring our expertise into play at each stage navigating legal complexities right from case evaluation till resolution on your behalf at Carlson Bier. Our strategy involves meticulous attention towards collecting evidence strengthening your claim coupled with aggressive representation ensuring justice served rightfully so.

Such lawsuits don’t only help recover financial losses met bearing unexpected health costs but also go a long way towards improving overall healthcare standards compelling physicians towards better adherence reducing similar occurrences in future. Our well-qualified team of attorneys work relentlessly towards advocating your rights realizing the best possible outcomes.

Carlson Bier appreciates that every birth injury case is unique requiring individualized attention and strategy. We’re committed to working rigorously towards ensuring complete transparency at all stages of the lawsuit process keeping our clients fully informed, involved and understood.

If you suspect your child may be a victim of a birth injury caused by negligence, don’t hesitate to contact Carlson Bier. Our commitment to justice merges with empathetic understanding in these cases transforming us beyond legal professionals into ardent supporters for parents seeking solace in truth and fairness around incidents involving birth injuries.

As you navigate through this complex journey, know this: You are not alone. We are here to shoulder the burden whilst fighting for justice alongside you until due compensation prevails easing off some immediate financial pressures and aiding long term consequent expenses. Birth injuries can seem like a daunting challenge but choosing the right legal partner paves the way toward reassurance relieving some accumulated stress yielding space for recovery and healing.

Understanding that each case carries its own distinct variables making it challenging for individuals to decipher how much their suit might be worth; we extend our professional strength towards realistic evaluation bringing clarity on expectations regarding potential recoverable damages teetering it against claim viable probabilities from a calculated perspective.

Having doubts? Find out more about successfully resolving birth injury cases with Carlson Bier’s seasoned team of attorneys by clicking on the button below. Discover valuable insights weighted against decades old expertise offering voluntary guidance irrespective of where your claims currently stand or what direction they need steering next so that victory doesn’t merely limit itself to law corridors but expresses existentially within lives impacted by unforeseen birth injuries. Your search ends here…at Carlson Bier – bringing sensitivity wrapped firmly within competency.

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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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Birth Injuries FAQ

The most common birth injuries include:

  • Cerebral palsy: This is a group of disorders that affect movement and coordination.
  • Erb’s palsy: This is a nerve injury that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm and hand.
  • Brachial plexus palsy: This is a group of nerve injuries that can cause weakness or paralysis in the arm, shoulder, and hand.
  • Spinal cord injuries: These injuries can cause paralysis or weakness below the waist.
  • Traumatic brain injuries: These injuries can cause a variety of physical, cognitive, and emotional problems.

Birth injuries can be caused by a variety of factors, including:

  • Medical malpractice: This can include mistakes made by doctors during pregnancy, labor, or delivery.
  • Oxygen deprivation: This can occur if the baby does not get enough oxygen during pregnancy or labor.
  • Physical trauma: This can occur if the baby is injured during labor or delivery.
  • Birth defects: Some birth injuries are caused by birth defects.

The signs and symptoms of a birth injury can vary depending on the severity of the injury. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Weakness or paralysis: This may be in one or more limbs.
  • Seizures
  • Breathing problems
  • Feeding problems
  • Developmental delays
  • Learning disabilities

The treatment options for birth injuries will vary depending on the severity of the injury. However, some common treatment options include:

  • Surgery
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Medications
  • Supportive care

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit if your child was injured due to medical malpractice or another factor. A birth injury 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 Lacon

Cycling Crashes

Proficient in legal support for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' negligence or dangerous conditions.

Fire Burns

Offering adept legal help for victims of grave burn injuries caused by incidents or recklessness.

Medical Misconduct

Providing experienced legal advice for victims affected by hospital malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Merchandise Responsibility

Managing cases involving dangerous products, providing specialist legal help to consumers affected by product malfunctions.

Geriatric Malpractice

Defending the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to mistreatment in aged care environments, ensuring fairness.

Stumble and Fall Mishaps

Expert in dealing with fall and trip accident cases, providing legal advice to clients seeking redress for their suffering.

Birth Injuries

Supplying legal aid for relatives affected by medical misconduct resulting in childbirth injuries.

Motor Collisions

Incidents: Committed to guiding individuals of car accidents secure just recompense for wounds and damages.

Motorcycle Collisions

Dedicated to providing legal support for riders involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for damages.

Semi Crash

Providing professional legal representation for victims involved in semi accidents, focusing on securing adequate settlement for hurts.

Construction Site Accidents

Concentrated on supporting employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or carelessness.

Neurological Impairments

Specializing in providing specialized legal representation for patients suffering from neurological injuries due to negligence.

Dog Attack Injuries

Skilled in managing cases for individuals who have suffered injuries from dog bites or wildlife encounters.

Foot-traveler Incidents

Expert in legal representation for joggers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering compensation.

Wrongful Death

Striving for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, offering sensitive and experienced legal assistance to ensure restitution.

Spine Harm

Committed to assisting clients with spine impairments, offering professional legal services to secure redress.

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