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About Carlson Bier Associates

Suffering from a Slip and Fall accident can be devastating. Amid physical pain, emotional distress and legal complexities, your path to compensation may seem impossible. Carlson Bier stands as your trusted ally in these trying times with its specialty in Slip And Fall accidents. Based out of Illinois, we are deeply committed to assisting victims navigate through their claim process seamlessly across various towns including Macomb. Our dedicated team of attorneys is armed with sharp legal acumen combined with extensive experience – ensuring optimal results for our clients. We meticulously analyze each case individually; focusing on securing rightful restitution proportionate to the injury severity and associated disruptions in the victim’s life. At Carlson Bier, we believe every citizen deserves proficient representation irrespective of where they live or have incurred injuries – pledging unwavering support towards re-establishing normalcy after debilitating accidents like these! Engage us at Carlson Bier – firm grasp over stringent Illinois laws accentuates our efficacy as personal injury lawyers handling slip-and-fall cases across myriad locations.

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Slip And Fall Accidents Lawyers in Macomb Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we are your trusted ally when it comes to personal injury law in Illinois. As experts in this discipline of law, one critical area we specialize in centers around Slip and Fall accidents. We understand that accidents can happen unexpectedly, leaving you with physical pain and financial stress. It is our aim to educate our clients about the nuances involved in these types of cases to ensure they receive maximum compensation.

A “Slip and Fall” accident occurs when an individual tripping or slipping over something results in an injury due to a dangerous condition on someone else’s property. This could encompass scenarios where a person trips over broken pavement, slips on accumulated ice during winter months, or falls from an elevation due to inadequate safety measures – for instance at construction sites.

Key Factors Essential to a Successful Slip & Fall Claim:

• Prompt Reporting: Swiftly communicate your accidental slip and fall occurrence to the property owner.

• Evidence Preservation: Documenting proof like photographs of the exact location with clear depictions of hazard causing scenario will significantly aid your case.

It must be clear beyond doubt that the property owner was aware (or reasonably should have been aware) of the risk but neglected its removal thus causing harm. As a victim, proving ‘liability’ marks as essential within Slip and Fall cases which often become intricate as businesses frequently revise or enact frequent landscape changes post-accident occurrence obfuscating their negligence role.

Our veteran team constituting experienced attorneys at Carlson Bier forms strategic litigation approaches ensuring their arguments stand irrefutable before courts under a plethora of circumstances by substantiating every available piece of evidence thereby maximizing client’s potential claim weightage.

Understanding Compensation:

Often victims are unaware about what constitutes their deserving recovery sum under different damages heading. Here are main categories:

• Medical Expenses: All prognosis related medical bills till you recuperate completely.

• Lost Wages: The money unable to earn because of missed workdays during healing.

• Pain and Suffering: For both physical discomfort and emotional distress post-accident causing life changes.

Navigating through this complex legal process can be overwhelming especially when recuperating from injuries. Hence, leveraging the expertise of our seasoned slip and fall injury attorneys at Carlson Bier ensures you get rightful representation while bypassing hefty financial strains.

Illinois law mandates a ‘Statute of Limitations’ dictating that an individual must file lawsuit against offending party within two years from accident date or two years from discovering said accident was causative for their sustained injuries thereby making it crucial securing quick legal consultation to prevent claim negation because of lapse in your allotted timescale.

When it comes to Slip & Fall accidents, expertise matters. Proving negligence demands thorough knowledge about specific laws surrounding these cases allowing better contending chances factoring unique case details which is exactly what we at Carlson Bier provide – expert counsel borne out of year’s long professional experience.

Remember – you will not pay any fees until we succeed in waging against responsible parties recovering your due damages constituting a win-win situation ensuring justice served without financially burdening victims or turntables even wherein complexities mount inviting trial proceedings as opposed to settlements.

Each Slip and Fall case is highly personalized & settlement amounts drive off according factors like extent of egregious neglect on property owner’s part paired with severity plus permanence related to one’s suffered injuries. Understanding worthiness filed under rightful compensation requisition becomes pivotal – which unfortunately is no explicit formula following calculation method but draws possible approximation exploiting prior similar case study claims along stand-out factors contained within your own unique set of circumstances offering relative indication pointer basis aiding informed decision-making answering clients’ primary concerns questions as per deserving compensatory total estimation thumb-rule guideposts ready reckoner kinds various ways support bracket ranges value range ballpark figures ‘possible’ predicted potential projected awards past verdicts comparison offers auto estimator calculate calculator comparisons limitations maximum rulings prediction ruling precedents recovered recovery calculations comparable similar previous precedents comparisons. But for a custom understanding of your case worth, why not head to our new online feature? You can click on the button below to find out an estimation considering distinct factors specific to your unique situation offering you better insight regarding how much your case could be potentially worth for. All it takes is a minute but can provide the vital information you need now!

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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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Slip & Fall Accidents FAQ​

The most common causes of slip and fall accidents in Chicago include:

  • Wet or slippery floors: This could include spills, leaks, and snow and ice.
  • Uneven surfaces: This could include potholes, cracks in the pavement, and loose floorboards.
  • Poor lighting: This could make it difficult to see hazards on the ground.
  • Obstructions: This could include cords, boxes, and other objects that are in the way.

If you have a slip and fall accident in Chicago, you should:

  • Seek medical attention immediately. Even if you don’t think you’re seriously injured, it’s important to get checked out by a doctor.
  • Report the accident to the property owner or manager. This will create a record of the accident and help you build your case if you decide to file a lawsuit.
  • Take pictures of the scene of the accident. This will help you document what happened and build your case if you decide to file a lawsuit.
  • Contact a slip and fall accident lawyer. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

As a slip and fall accident victim in Chicago, you have the right to:

  • Seek compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages.
  • File a lawsuit against the property owner or manager if you believe they were negligent in maintaining the property.
  • Have your case heard by a jury.

In a slip and fall accident lawsuit in Chicago, you may be able to recover the following types of damages:

  • Medical expenses: This includes the cost of ambulance rides, hospital stays, doctor’s appointments, and physical therapy.
  • Lost wages: This includes the wages you lost while you were unable to work because of your injuries.

Pain and suffering: This includes compensation for the physical and emotional pain you have endured as a result of your injuries.

  • Loss of enjoyment of life: This includes compensation for the activities you can no longer enjoy as a result of your injuries.
  • Property damage: This includes the cost of repairing or replacing your belongings that were damaged in the accident.
  • Punitive damages: These damages are awarded to punish the defendant for egregious or reckless conduct.

The statute of limitations for slip and fall accident lawsuits in Illinois is two years. This means that you have two years from the date of the accident to file a lawsuit.

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Areas of Practice in Macomb

Pedal Cycle Incidents

Specializing in legal representation for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' negligence or risky conditions.

Thermal Burns

Extending skilled legal services for patients of severe burn injuries caused by mishaps or negligence.

Physician Incompetence

Extending dedicated legal assistance for patients affected by healthcare malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Merchandise Obligation

Addressing cases involving defective products, providing skilled legal help to victims affected by product malfunctions.

Geriatric Malpractice

Protecting the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to malpractice in nursing homes environments, ensuring compensation.

Stumble & Trip Incidents

Adept in handling fall and trip accident cases, providing legal representation to clients seeking redress for their losses.

Infant Traumas

Delivering legal support for loved ones affected by medical misconduct resulting in neonatal injuries.

Car Mishaps

Collisions: Committed to aiding sufferers of car accidents get just recompense for hurts and destruction.

Scooter Mishaps

Focused on providing legal services for individuals involved in bike accidents, ensuring rightful claims for damages.

Big Rig Incident

Ensuring adept legal representation for drivers involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing appropriate compensation for damages.

Construction Site Crashes

Committed to advocating for laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or irresponsibility.

Neurological Traumas

Focused on ensuring compassionate legal support for clients suffering from neurological injuries due to accidents.

Dog Attack Damages

Adept at handling cases for victims who have suffered damages from puppy bites or animal assaults.

Jogger Mishaps

Committed to legal representation for joggers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering restitution.

Unwarranted Demise

Striving for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, providing empathetic and adept legal support to ensure redress.

Vertebral Injury

Expert in representing clients with spine impairments, offering professional legal guidance to secure redress.

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