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About Carlson Bier Associates

When you or a beloved family member have been in an unfortunate pedestrian accident, it’s critical to consult the right legal expertise. Carlson Bier, renowned for their extensive success in personal injury cases across Illinois, is your best choice. Specialized in Pedestrian Accident Law, they passionately represent victims affected by reckless drivers and unsafe road conditions. They’re exceedingly familiar with Oswego’s rich community and traffic patterns – knowledge paramount to your case’s personalized handling and outcome accuracy. The brilliance of Carlson Bier rests on their unique approach—pouring intense dedication into understanding every individual case while strategically employing their profound legal prowess towards winning deserving compensations for injuries suffered. Their astute negotiations skills on settlement discussions are unmatched—weaving factual evidence into compelling narratives yielding favorable outcomes for clients whose lives got abruptly disrupted due to pedestrian accidents. Choosing Carlson Bier equals choosing the best chance at obtaining justice after such distressing events; making sure guilty parties shoulder responsibility while ensuring you can recover peacefully without worrying about hospital bills or loss of income.

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Pedestrian Accident Lawyers in Oswego Illinois

At Carlson Bier Associates, we specialize in protecting the rights and interests of accident victims throughout Illinois. Our area of expertise includes an inclusive understanding of the complexities related to pedestrian accidents and the legal proceedings that follow such incidents. Pedestrian accidents are a distressing reality; often resulting in serious injuries or, worse yet, fatalities due to their vulnerable nature on the roadways. A single moment’s negligence can alter lives drastically but what does it mean for you?

It translates into enduring physical pain compounded by financial strain from medical treatments, therapy costs, lost wages and more. The emotional turmoil of confronting this ordeal further intensifies your suffering. Given these facts, our mission is to shoulder your burden by providing robust legal representation so that you may focus purely on your recovery while we pursue just compensation on your behalf.

Here’s how we work:

• Factual Investigation: We start with a deep dive investigation into the specifics of your case gathering vital evidence such as photographic proof or witness statements.

• Evaluation Of Medical Reports: Understanding the extent of injuries suffered is paramount to building a tenable claim. Therefore, we intricately assess all relevant medical documentation.

• Calculation Of Economic Impact: This involves estimating both current and future financial implications borne due to loss of earnings or prolonged treatment schedules.

• Legal Proceedings: Armed with comprehensive records, our dedicated personal injury attorneys navigate through complex court hearings pursuing fair recompense for our clients.

Of utmost importance to us at Carlson Bier is ensuring accessibility and ease in understanding every stage of this process for our esteemed clients. To elucidate our point better – when pedestrians engage in common activities like crossing a street or jogging next to a roadway without proper crosswalks available they become prone victims of negligent drivers not paying adequate attention or violating traffic laws; however tacky technical jargon will bear no weight upon you while dealing with us.

Moreover keeping responsive client communication is also key in our pursuit of supporting you through this arduous journey. Fostering a survival module with clear inset layman’s guidelines equipped to tackle issues involving auto-insurance carriers who often underestimate claims or interpret laws narrowly all come within our ambit; exclusive settlement negotiation meetings, court room trials and meeting your medical needs by arranging adept health care providers are also part of the package.

With a proven track record in securing fair settlements, let Carlson Bier Associates assist you in seeking justice against negligent drivers threatening pedestrian lives due to their reckless actions. Imbued is an understanding that each case bears its unique hallmarks, thus deserving a bespoke approach – translating into protecting rights and ensuring appropriate restitution for clients dealing with advisers from various insurance companies preferring customer-negligent roadmaps.

Contending partners see us as formidable opponents – testimony to our dogged determination towards justice for victims of pedestrian accidents by providing compensation for personal injury or wrongful death cases irrespective of severity. Our commitment remains unabated – aiding survivors navigate through these troubled waters till they safely reach embankments.

Action gasps louder than words do; thus, claiming trust without tangible evidence seems rudimentary. Having said that, we appreciate taking the first step may seem daunting especially under trying circumstances such as yours adhering which we invite you now to avail expertise supported by testimonials standing tall under any scrutiny.

We encourage you take one (literal) step forward towards attaining closure in this taxing chapter of your life using legal channels designed for relief such as pursuing claims – click on the button below for immediate assessment of your potential claim value thereby allowing us at Carlson Bier Associates dissect thoroughly while strategizing recourse leading eventually down regeneration ascending out onto pedestals—emerged stronger!

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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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Cycling Crashes

Focused on legal advocacy for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' negligence or hazardous conditions.

Thermal Damages

Extending expert legal services for people of intense burn injuries caused by events or indifference.

Healthcare Negligence

Delivering professional legal assistance for victims affected by healthcare malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Products Accountability

Addressing cases involving defective products, delivering expert legal guidance to consumers affected by product-related injuries.

Nursing Home Malpractice

Advocating for the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to mistreatment in elderly care environments, ensuring restitution.

Stumble and Tumble Accidents

Specialist in managing trip accident cases, providing legal services to individuals seeking recovery for their harm.

Birth Injuries

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

Auto Crashes

Incidents: Devoted to aiding clients of car accidents obtain reasonable settlement for wounds and losses.

Two-Wheeler Accidents

Focused on providing legal services for motorcyclists involved in bike accidents, ensuring fair compensation for damages.

Truck Accident

Providing experienced legal advice for individuals involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing just claims for hurts.

Construction Site Incidents

Engaged in defending laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or misconduct.

Brain Harms

Dedicated to extending compassionate legal assistance for persons suffering from neurological injuries due to incidents.

Canine Attack Harms

Proficient in dealing with cases for people who have suffered harms from canine attacks or beast attacks.

Jogger Collisions

Specializing in legal support for joggers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering compensation.

Undeserved Loss

Striving for families affected by a wrongful death, offering understanding and adept legal support to ensure justice.

Spine Trauma

Specializing in defending patients with spine impairments, offering dedicated legal services to secure recovery.

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