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Regrettably, birth injuries are a devastating reality for some families in North Aurora. If your loved one has been subjected to such an incident, the counsel of Carlson Bier is crucial. Our team specializes in Birth Injuries Law and we stand ready to fight relentlessly on your behalf. Despite being entrusted with the safety of both mother and child during delivery, medical practitioners can sometimes deviate from professional standards resulting in preventable mishaps that could cause lasting health issues or even fatalities.

At Carlson Bier, years of experience have honed our craft making us highly qualified and relentless advocates in this field. We work meticulously to represent you effectively while fighting for justice against those responsible for negligence or malpractice during birth procedures.

Choosing Carlson Bier means choosing unwavering support throughout a challenging time; rest assured knowing our competent attorneys join you on this journey towards obtaining rightful justice and compensation because at the core of what we do lies profound respect for life coupled with rigid adherence to sound legal principles.

Your quest for representation ends here – Trust Carlson Bier as your dependable ally when dealing with birth injuries law related matters in North Aurora.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in North Aurora Illinois

Birth injuries can be traumatic experiences for families, disrupting what should be a joyful moment. When such misfortunes occur due to medical negligence or malpractice, it’s important to know that you have rights under the law. The legal professionals at Carlson Bier are here to offer expert advice and committed representation in personal injury cases throughout Illinois, including those involving birth injuries.

Understanding Birth Injuries: Birth injuries can include a myriad of conditions resulting typically from difficulties during labor and delivery. Risk factors often involve high-risk pregnancies, prolonged labors, oversize babies, premature deliveries and emergency cesarean sections. These challenges may lead to various types of complications like oxygen deprivation (resulting in conditions like cerebral palsy), nerve damage (which could cause Erb’s palsy) or physical trauma leading potentially to skull fractures or brain hemorrhages.

Legal Rights Related to Birth Injuries: Parents who believe their child suffered a birth injury due to negligence have legal recourse available under Illinois law. If you suspect your loved one’s injury resulted from substandard medical care during pregnancy, childbirth or post-birth treatment – you might be entitled to monetary compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, future earning potential losses among other forms of redress.

Why Choose Carlson Bier? There are few things as delicate or as emotionally fraught as pursuing justice in case of a birth injury inflicted on defenseless newborns by the hands they trusted. As experienced personal injury attorneys:

– We bring extensive expertise across complex and nuanced situations pertaining specifically to birth injuries.

– We work closely with families and their healthcare team ensuring we fully comprehend every detail involving the event.

– Our mastery goes beyond law books figuring out critical issues like whether applicable standards of care were met by your healthcare provider; if not – showing how this directly correlates with causing your devastating loss.

– But importantly always conscious that our approach is sensitive considering these situations inherently touch upon intimate aspects of our clients’ lives.

At Carlson Bier, you’re not just another case, but an individual in need of justice and our compassionate services. We pride ourselves on helping families across Illinois navigate the choppy waters of personal injury litigation caused by birth injuries. We understand that this process is trying, hence we offer free initial consultations to help guide you along those first uncertain steps. To us transparency means a lot: explaining legal jargon in layman’s terms; setting out clearly cost implications (in most cases work on contingency model hence no upfront fees); keeping clients informed all through their case-status –and guarantee relentless pursuit for rightful compensation—because your success is our ultimate gratification.

Remember today’s birth injury can spell life-long consequences for the child affecting the family overall negatively – emotionally and financially. But enlisting professional help from our dedicated team of litigators offers reassurance that we will prioritize your interests because it’s not just about obtaining hard-earned compensation but also seeing to it perpetrators are held accountable thereby improving health system standards overall – minimizing odds that other unsuspecting families face similar tragedies.

Should you hold even an inkling suspicion that your loved one’s suffering results from a negligent birth injury, you should act swiftly exploring what options Illinois law avails to victims and their dependents. Your next step could make a substantial difference so why don’t click on the button below allowing us evaluate promptly how much your potential case could be worth? Let Carlson Bier protect your rights as we bring onto bear against resistive defendants vast resources combined with passion guaranteeing each case entrusted unto us leaves client feeling vindicated and adequately compensated.

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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 North Aurora

Bike Incidents

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

Thermal Injuries

Providing professional legal help for patients of grave burn injuries caused by events or negligence.

Clinical Malpractice

Extending dedicated legal services for patients affected by hospital malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Merchandise Accountability

Taking on cases involving defective products, offering professional legal support to victims affected by product malfunctions.

Elder Mistreatment

Protecting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to misconduct in elderly care environments, ensuring compensation.

Stumble & Fall Incidents

Adept in handling slip and fall accident cases, providing legal assistance to individuals seeking compensation for their losses.

Childbirth Wounds

Extending legal guidance for households affected by medical incompetence resulting in childbirth injuries.

Motor Accidents

Mishaps: Concentrated on guiding victims of car accidents secure appropriate payout for damages and impairment.

Motorcycle Crashes

Dedicated to providing legal services for victims involved in bike accidents, ensuring fair compensation for traumas.

Truck Crash

Ensuring specialist legal assistance for clients involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing rightful claims for losses.

Worksite Crashes

Committed to supporting workmen or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or carelessness.

Head Impairments

Dedicated to providing specialized legal representation for persons suffering from cognitive injuries due to misconduct.

Dog Bite Harms

Expertise in handling cases for persons who have suffered wounds from K9 assaults or animal assaults.

Pedestrian Mishaps

Expert in legal advocacy for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering recovery.

Unfair Passing

Advocating for loved ones affected by a wrongful death, providing caring and expert legal guidance to ensure compensation.

Spine Trauma

Expert in assisting persons with spine impairments, offering compassionate legal assistance to secure justice.

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