...
FREE CASE CONSULTATION
312.622.2900
Facebook-f Linkedin Google

Nursing Home Abuse Attorney in Middlebury

Let Carlson Bier Fight For You

Over $50 Million in Recoveries

Google Guaranteed 5 Stars Advanced Local Service Ads Carlsonbier
Find Out if You Have a Case in 10 Seconds
Personal Injury Attorney Chicago
Personal Injury Lawyer Orland Park Illinois | Carlson Bier Associates

About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with a situation involving nursing home abuse, it’s crucial to seek legal guidance from seasoned professionals. Carlson Bier is an experienced law firm in handling such sensitive cases with the rigor and efficiency they warrant. Our group of dedicated attorneys specializes in nursing home abuse lawsuits, upholding the rights of senior citizens while offering compassion during this challenging time. With our vast knowledge of Illinois’ legislation regarding elderly care and our commitment to justice, Carlson Bier represents victims fearlessly against institutions or individuals that have robbed them of their dignity through negligence or direct harm. We understand how devastating these situations can be – emotionally and financially – making us resolute in procuring fair compensation for your loved ones affected by Nursing Home Abuse claims. The combined expertise and dedication we offer make Carlson Bier the compelling choice for your legal needs on this matter; entrust us with ensuring justice prevails and that wrongdoers are held accountable for their actions.

Meet Our Attorneys
About Carlson Bier

Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers in Middlebury Illinois

Serving the people of Illinois diligently with their legal issues for many years, Carlson Bier has established a robust and prominent chain in securing justice for personal injuries, particularly focusing on cases involving Nursing Home Abuse. We realize that putting our loved ones into nursing homes is an emotionally challenging decision. Trust is placed in these facilities to provide them with the safety, care, and respect they deserve. However, sometimes the trust is battered due to mistreatment or neglect by the very people supposed to uphold it.

Abuse in nursing homes manifests itself in various forms such as physical abuse, emotional anguish, sexual assault or financial exploitation. While most evident forms may lead to visible bodily injury like bruises or lacerations; emotional torment can incite behavioral changes including depression and withdrawal from social activities while financial misuse may result in unexpected changes in financial accounts or estate planning documents.

Carlson Bier’s knowledgeable team endeavours tirelessly delivering unremitting compassion along with unparalleled professional expertise when dealing with cases surrounding Nursing Home Abuse. Drawing upon our extensive experience and comprehensive understanding of this area of law enables us to navigate you through this tough time ensuring you achieve maximum compensation for your pains.

• Our attorneys at Carlson Bier are specialized in investigating all facets surrounding your claim.

• The legal course chalked up by us thrusts upon exposing any signs of abuse.

• By leveraging evidence gathered we seek optimum retribution mitigating your grief.

• Interlacing meticulous investigation with adept resolution delivers amplified results rendering effective closure to victims’ suffering.

Being in old age does not mean that human rights become disposable – we firmly believe every citizen deserves equal protection under law regardless irrespective of their current life stage. Residents facing Nursing Home Abuse are oftentimes unable to voice out injustices befalling them due to fear arising from potential retaliation or sheer mental anguish they are enduring. In such circumstances where most vulnerable among us suffer silently — being their voice becomes even more critical promoting their welfare and safeguarding their dignity.

Is your loved one resisting or fearing interactions with specific individuals? Do they appear anxious, withdrawn, undergo sudden changes in behavior? Have you noticed unexplained physical injuries, shortcomings of basic health services or discrepancies in their financial affairs? Answering these questions is crucial in identifying cases of potential Nursing Home Abuse.

Here at Carlson Bier we comprehend that initiating legal action can sometimes be daunting and stressful especially when dealing with emotional traumas induced by Nursing Home Abuse. Count on us to deliver skilled representation easing your path providing undeterred commitment each step of the way fostering tribune against anguish and powerlessness experienced.

Illinois law mandates fair hearing for every citizen ensuring justice is served where it’s due. Leverage adaptable assistance furnished by Carlson Bier designed explicitly keeping our clients’ best at heart safeguarding deserved justice – flawless amalgamation of compassion infused professionalism!

Holistic understanding incorporating sensitivity to an individual’s unique circumstance coupled with impeccable clarity without complexity solidifies a winning case making Carlson Bier the right choice as your ally in this battle! Inquisitive about how much compensation your case could bring forward?

Our attorneys are poised to offer valuable insights providing resounding confirmation that partner with us becomes an affirmative decision towards securing befitting closure infusing peace and restoring confidence during challenging times impacting elderly family members amidst abuse in nursing homes.

Click the button below to assess potential worthiness of translating your distress into rightful recompense filling the gap that no monetary value could fully ever mend — yet furnishing solemn assertions that victim’s voice was heard loud echoing into desired judgment!

Find Out How Much Your Case is Worth
Testimonials from Clients

Your Success Is Our Success

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.
Education & Information

Resources For Middlebury Residents

Links

Legal Associations and Lawyer Services

Online Legal Resources and Directories

Specialized Services and Educational Resources

Legal Blogs
SEE MORE

Frequently Asked Questions

Nursing Home | Elder Abuse FAQ​

The signs and symptoms of nursing home abuse or neglect can vary depending on the type of abuse or neglect that is occurring. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Physical abuse: This could include bruises, cuts, fractures, and other injuries.
  • Emotional abuse: This could include verbal abuse, intimidation, and isolation.
  • Sexual abuse: This could include sexual touching, intercourse, and other sexual acts.
  • Neglect: This could include malnutrition, dehydration, and poor hygiene.

If you suspect that your loved one is being abused or neglected in a nursing home, you should:

  • Report your suspicions to the nursing home administrator.
  • Contact the local ombudsman, who is an advocate for nursing home residents.
  • File a complaint with the state’s department of health or human services.
  • Contact a nursing home abuse lawyer. A lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

As a family member of a nursing home abuse or neglect victim, you have the right to:

  • Visit your loved one at any time.
  • Have access to your loved one’s medical records.
  • Be informed of your loved one’s care plan and treatment.
  • File a complaint against the nursing home if you believe your loved one is being abused or neglected.

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit for nursing home abuse or neglect if your loved one has been injured due to the negligence or recklessness of the nursing home. A nursing home abuse lawyer can help you understand your rights and options, and can represent you in court if necessary.

All Attorney Services in Middlebury

Areas of Practice in Middlebury

Bike Accidents

Expert in legal assistance for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' lack of care or unsafe conditions.

Burn Burns

Supplying adept legal advice for sufferers of serious burn injuries caused by mishaps or misconduct.

Clinical Carelessness

Extending professional legal advice for victims affected by hospital malpractice, including negligent care.

Commodities Responsibility

Handling cases involving problematic products, offering expert legal help to customers affected by defective items.

Nursing Home Misconduct

Supporting the rights of elders who have been subjected to misconduct in aged care environments, ensuring fairness.

Tumble and Slip Injuries

Expert in handling tumble accident cases, providing legal services to individuals seeking compensation for their suffering.

Newborn Harms

Supplying legal support for loved ones affected by medical malpractice resulting in infant injuries.

Motor Collisions

Accidents: Devoted to aiding sufferers of car accidents receive just recompense for damages and impairment.

Scooter Accidents

Dedicated to providing legal services for motorcyclists involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring justice for losses.

Truck Crash

Ensuring expert legal services for individuals involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing adequate settlement for hurts.

Worksite Mishaps

Engaged in representing workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to safety violations or carelessness.

Cognitive Harms

Focused on extending dedicated legal services for individuals suffering from cerebral injuries due to incidents.

Dog Attack Traumas

Adept at tackling cases for persons who have suffered damages from canine attacks or beast attacks.

Pedestrian Mishaps

Specializing in legal services for walkers involved in accidents, providing expert advice for recovering damages.

Wrongful Loss

Advocating for relatives affected by a wrongful death, extending caring and adept legal representation to ensure justice.

Spine Impairment

Committed to representing patients with vertebral damage, offering expert legal guidance to secure settlement.

Instant Case Evaluation

Contact Us Today if you need a Person Injury Lawyer

312-313-2440

cb
FREE CASE CONSULTATION

312.622.2900

The information on this website is for general information purposes only. Nothing on this site should be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. This information is not intended to create, and receipt or viewing does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship.

© 2024 All Rights Reserved | Carlson Bier

Web Design By Bosseo​