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About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with the distress of a birth injuries case in Morgan Park, you require seasoned professionals who understand your concerns, anxieties and hopes. Your perfect partner in this legal journey is Carlson Bier, astute experts in Birth Injuries law. Possessing extensive experience handling complex cases coupled with an irrefutable track record of securing favorable resolutions for our clients makes us stand out. Our esteemed attorneys strongly believe that every child deserves a faultless entry into the world and any negligence leading to impairments should be challenged diligently. When dealing with such sensitive matters as birth injuries litigation, you need representation from people who care more than just about legalities—you need human compassion mingled with fierce advocacy for justice; exactly what Carlson Bier offers its clients daily. Standing tall amongst law firms specializing in personal injury cases – particularly those centered on birth injuries – we not only fight for justice but also give hope to affected families by seeking full compensation commensurate to their pain and loss.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Morgan Park Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we pride ourselves on adopting a compassionate approach coupled with extensive legal acumen to successfully represent numerous clients in the complex domain of birth injury cases throughout Illinois. As dedicated personal injury attorneys, our mission is not just winning your case but educating you about essential aspects surrounding birth injuries.

Primarily, it’s crucial to understand what constitutes a birth injury. Essentially, these are any harm or damage that an infant sustains before, during, or just after childbirth. Varying in severity from minor injuries that quickly resolve to more severe conditions resulting in disabilities lasting a lifetime.

• Cerebral palsy

• Erb’s palsy

• Brachial Plexus Palsy

• Kernicterus

Birth injuries often result from medical malpractice where healthcare professionals deviate from standard care leading to preventable harm to the baby and mother. Indications of such negligence can include:

• Failing to appropriately respond or prepare for complications during pregnancy.

• Neglecting or delaying necessary cesarean section (C-section).

• Inappropriate use of delivery instruments like forceps or vacuum extractors.

Moreover, each case of birth injury is unique; as such its consequences too vary largely depending on several factors including how swiftly the condition was treated and whether any underlying health issues existed. These impacts could range from learning difficulties requiring specialized schooling through life-long physical therapy needs up till constant professional medical attention and assistance.

It’s important for parents enduring this challenging situation to realize they’re not alone—legal recourse exists specifically designed protecting their rights under the law. With this understanding comes the question of determining liability in birth injury cases. It typically hinges upon establishing if concerned doctor adhered competently enough according standard care protocols mandated by their profession.

At Carlson Bier, our specialist team possesses comprehensive experience examining these intricacies inherent within birth injury lawsuits—involving exhaustive analysis of hospital records, identifying expert witnesses relevant for substantiating your case and carefully navigating through the multifaceted terrain of medical issue litigation.

Once liability ascertained, computation of damages follows; for which there are two categories:

• Economic Damages: Includes concrete costs linked to injury like present and future medical bills, loss of income since birth injuries often necessitate either one or both parents halting their career progress to focus upon their child’s rehabilitation.

• Non-Economic Damages: It quantifies qualitative aspects that’ve suffered due the birth injury enduring life-altering disabilities, significant physical pain and mental distress, along with nodal shifts in quality and enjoyment of life.

At Carlson Bier, we’re steadily committed towards obtaining optimum compensation on your behalf so you can primarily concentrate on dealing with tragic aftermaths birth injuries typically leave behind—all while also securing a stable financial future wherever possible.

While our practice is based in Illinois, we adhere strictly to state laws forbidding us from advertising having offices within cities where no physical office presence exists. Therefore ensuring an adherence towards ethics matching up equally robust legal services offered.

Legal complexities tangled around navigating a birth injury claim can feel overwhelming but gaining appropriate support from professionals acquainted within this field brings immense relief by its side. Moreover, consultation fees shouldn’t pose any hesitation in terms — at Carlson Bier we operate strictly on contingency fee basis—meaning unless we win your case there’s absolutely no cost experienced by you.

Clicking the button below would throw light further upon lawsuit eligibility along with key insights surrounding what potential value holds wrapped inside your specific case circumstances. Our attorneys at Carlson Bier are well poised standing ready for helping successfully navigate hurdles marking routes toward winning settlements or jury verdicts most cases typically involve. Balancing scales accomplishing justice —one family every single time!

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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 Morgan Park

Pedal Cycle Accidents

Specializing in legal advocacy for people injured in bicycle accidents due to others' negligence or risky conditions.

Burn Traumas

Supplying expert legal assistance for patients of serious burn injuries caused by events or recklessness.

Physician Carelessness

Extending experienced legal services for persons affected by hospital malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Goods Responsibility

Taking on cases involving dangerous products, offering specialist legal support to consumers affected by faulty goods.

Nursing Home Malpractice

Defending the rights of the elderly who have been subjected to misconduct in nursing homes environments, ensuring justice.

Tumble & Slip Accidents

Adept in tackling stumble accident cases, providing legal assistance to clients seeking restitution for their damages.

Birth Damages

Supplying legal assistance for families affected by medical misconduct resulting in neonatal injuries.

Motor Accidents

Crashes: Committed to helping victims of car accidents obtain equitable compensation for injuries and destruction.

Motorbike Accidents

Focused on providing legal advice for victims involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring rightful claims for losses.

18-Wheeler Accident

Delivering professional legal services for clients involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing appropriate claims for harms.

Building Collisions

Committed to representing employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or misconduct.

Brain Traumas

Committed to delivering dedicated legal assistance for persons suffering from head injuries due to negligence.

Dog Bite Injuries

Specialized in addressing cases for persons who have suffered traumas from puppy bites or animal attacks.

Foot-traveler Crashes

Committed to legal representation for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering claims.

Unwarranted Passing

Standing up for families affected by a wrongful death, delivering understanding and experienced legal assistance to ensure fairness.

Backbone Trauma

Specializing in defending victims with spinal cord injuries, offering compassionate legal assistance to secure recovery.

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