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Navigating life after a spinal cord injury can be incredibly challenging, but pursuing proper legal representation shouldn’t amplify the difficulty. When choosing Carlson Bier, you’ll discover why they have been recognized as Illinois’s premier law firm for clients with Spinal Cord Injuries. Their exceptional knowledge of this very specific area of personal injury law enables them to provide superior counsel and support to their respective clientele. Moreover, their compassionate lawyers understand the unique needs and concerns associated with such injuries which often extend beyond just physical harm – including emotional trauma or loss in quality of life. By comprehensively analyzing your case, they work diligently towards procuring rightful compensation designed to cover lasting medical expenses or loss wages that directly result from these devastating incidents. Choosing Carlson Bier as your lawyer means fighting for justice alongside experienced attorneys who care deeply about championing your rights whilst offering an ongoing assurance throughout every step of these complex proceedings. They’re merely more than lawyers; they’re relentless advocates fully geared toward reclaiming control over one’s destiny following a Spinal Cord Injury—all while upholding complete adherence to Illinois laws.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Monee Illinois

At the Carlson Bier law firm, we understand how a spinal cord injury can drastically affect not only your physical abilities but also your emotional well-being and financial livelihood. To navigate these life-altering circumstances, it’s crucial to arm yourself with vital knowledge about this uniquely complex form of personal injury.

Spinal cord injuries typically result from traumatic events that cause damage to the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal. Common causes include vehicle accidents, falls, sporting events, acts of violence like gunshot wounds, and assorted occupational hazards. Being aware of these common causes may guide you on safer practices in day-to-day activities.

Fundamentally understanding what constitutes a spinal cord injury is equally critical. The severity of such traumas varies widely and determines an individual’s recovery potential:

• Complete Spinal Cord Injury: This type incapacitates communication between the brain and portions beneath the trauma site.

• Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Here, some signals can still travel across where the spine was injured.

• Tetraplegia: Injuries high on the cervical part of your spine can cause this paralysis affecting both arms and legs.

• Paraplegia: Vertebrae lower down often leads to affecting all/part of the trunk, legs & pelvic organs.

Effects from these injuries are usually multi-fold – causing anything from chronic pain and loss of motor function through urinary issues or sexual dysfunction to respiratory problems or even complete paralysis in worst-case scenarios.

Thoroughly learning related medical terms helps facilitate productive dialogue with healthcare providers:

• Cervical: Pertaining to seven vertebrae in your neck region.

• Thoracic: Concerning twelve vertebrae located in chest level-area above lumbar section.

• Lumbar: Regarding five vertebrae span located roughly waist-level below thoracic part

Being educated does help; however dealing with such disruptions is hard enough emotionally and financially. That’s where we step in as your trusted Illinois personal injury attorneys to shoulder the burden for you. At Carlson Bier, our expertise ranges from exhaustive understanding of the intricacies surrounding spinal cord injury cases, negotiating with insurance companies up to trailing it till jury trials – working tirelessly toward getting you a fair and just compensation.

Our commitment transcends simply seeking financial reparation. We are here providing unmatched support through an otherwise daunting process – offering reliable resources for professional medical opinions or rehabilitation centers that prove instrumental in recovery. This unyielding resolve ensures you’re not alone during this tough journey while propelling efforts towards making your tomorrow sweeter than today.

Just like each spinal cord injury is unique, every legal case also contains its individual intrinsic aspects demanding thorough examination by skilled counselors to pursue rightful claims effectively. Being victimized physically is overwhelming enough; you don’t need to feel disadvantaged legally too. Here at Carlson Bier, your battle becomes ours; whether they involve unyielding insurance adjusters or negligent parties causing said injury, we relentlessly strive for justice so that inadvertently created voids left both materially and non-materially are compensated satisfactorily.

Understanding the nuances of spinal cord injuries helps protect your interest when dealing with medical professionals and insurers alike but having strong allies fending against injustice committed on you presents an undeniable advantage easing mental stresses born out of harrowing experiences when battling aftermaths of such pivotal life shifts.

Navigating post-accident steps can be bewildering, at least until a seasoned advocate arrives reassuring adequate representation ensuring regained stability sans concerns about possible victimization due to lack of legal acumen whilst grieving crippling personal losses.

Every second matters after suffering any form of negligence-based damages more so regarding delicate instances like spinal injuries where a swift response maximizes potential claim obtainment chances increased further under skilled specialized advisers’ guidance which remain relentless pursuing what’s fairly due!

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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 Monee

Pedal Cycle Crashes

Specializing in legal advocacy for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' recklessness or hazardous conditions.

Fire Injuries

Extending expert legal support for individuals of severe burn injuries caused by incidents or misconduct.

Medical Carelessness

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

Goods Accountability

Taking on cases involving problematic products, extending adept legal services to customers affected by harmful products.

Elder Mistreatment

Defending the rights of elders who have been subjected to neglect in aged care environments, ensuring protection.

Slip & Tumble Occurrences

Adept in managing slip and fall accident cases, providing legal representation to victims seeking recovery for their harm.

Childbirth Wounds

Delivering legal aid for households affected by medical malpractice resulting in neonatal injuries.

Motor Crashes

Crashes: Committed to helping victims of car accidents receive equitable recompense for injuries and damages.

Motorbike Mishaps

Dedicated to providing representation for individuals involved in scooter accidents, ensuring rightful claims for traumas.

Semi Incident

Delivering professional legal support for victims involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing fair recovery for injuries.

Construction Collisions

Committed to advocating for staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or negligence.

Cognitive Traumas

Committed to providing expert legal support for clients suffering from head injuries due to accidents.

Canine Attack Damages

Adept at dealing with cases for individuals who have suffered traumas from dog attacks or wildlife encounters.

Pedestrian Collisions

Specializing in legal support for pedestrians involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering compensation.

Wrongful Passing

Working for relatives affected by a wrongful death, delivering empathetic and expert legal assistance to ensure restitution.

Vertebral Harm

Focused on supporting clients with spine impairments, offering professional legal representation to secure redress.

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