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About Carlson Bier Associates

If you or a loved one has been involved in a pedestrian accident in Piper City, Carlson Bier offers exceptional legal representation. As experts in Illinois personal injury law, we handle cases of all magnitudes with steadfast attention and determination. Our seasoned attorneys strive to protect the rights of pedestrians injured due to negligent, reckless drivers. At Carlson Bier, we understand that pedestrian accidents can lead to life-altering injuries and immense financial burden. Accordingly, our primary objective is obtaining significant compensation for medical costs, loss of income and pain suffering on your behalf.

We pride ourselves on delivering thorough investigation services into each case ensuring the full accountability from those responsible. Representing pedestrian accident victims requires hard work and dedication; traits that strongly define Carlton & Bier’s team spirit.

Our personalized approach guarantees every client receives comprehensive guidance through complex legal procedures requisite for claiming reparation they deserve rightfully. Our commitment towards achieving positive outcomes solidifies why choosing Carlson Bier is an optimal choice for professional legal counsel amidst time-sensitive circumstances following a pedestrian accident.

Reach out to us today at Carlson & Bier: Proven Pedestrian Accident Attorneys dedicated to servicing Piper City residents’ needs while upholding Illinois state law diligently.

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Pedestrian Accident Lawyers in Piper City Illinois

At the law firm of Carlson Bier, we proudly represent clients who have been victims in pedestrian accidents across Illinois. Pedestrian accidents stand among the most severe kinds of personal injury accidents an individual can endure because pedestrians are defenseless against the size and momentum of vehicles. Our experienced attorneys understand the devastating impact a pedestrian accident can have on your life, both physically and financially. We strive to ensure each client is treated with professionalism, compassion, and respect.

When a vehicle strikes a pedestrian, the results are often catastrophic injuries that require extensive medical treatment. These may include bone fractures, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), spinal cord damage causing potentially lifelong paralysis or paraplegia and quadriplegia, amputations due to severe crush injuries or as a necessary surgical procedure following the incident—a grim list which goes on. With such grievous harm comes not just significant medical costs but also ancillary financial pressures like lost earnings from being unable to work and non-economic damages such as pain and suffering or diminished quality of life.

The law surrounding pedestrian accidents encompasses several key elements for us to elucidate:

• Comparative Negligence: Illinois operates under what’s known as modified comparative negligence rule where you can still recover damages if you were less than 50% at fault for your accident.

• Statute of limitations: In Illinois, typically you only have two years from the date of your accident to file a lawsuit against those responsible.

• Wrongful Death actions: If a loved one was killed in a pedestrian accident caused by another person’s wrongful conduct or negligence, you might be entitled to financial compensation through filing a wrongful death lawsuit.

By understanding these rules matter immensely in shaping recovery paths after sustaining personal injury in pedestrian incidents.

Our team at Carlson Bier works diligently scrutinizing all aspects of your accident—who ran either red lights or stop signs? Were distracted drivers involved? Furthermore, did any environmental factors contribute; like inadequate signage, faulty crosswalk signals, or even poor town planning? We work in tandem leveraging a set of diverse backgrounds to unravel an incident in 360-degree detail—tirelessly building the most robust case possible. This sweeping perspective underpins our ability to procure compensation for all pedestrian accident victims from each liable party.

Lawyers at Carlson Bier also navigate the sometimes complex issue of dealing with insurance companies following such upheaval, ensuring you receive the fair and full compensation that reflects your physical trauma, emotional suffering and financial loss. Our firm’s contingency fee structure is designed with your best interests in mind—you pay only when we win your case—signifying that you wager nothing financially to get things rolling on this journey toward asserting your rights to justice.

Making claims for personal injury can indeed appear daunting; though remember, you don’t have to take on this fight alone. It’s vital not just for eligibility premises but also for maximizing recovery potential by fulfilling procedural formalities: all within strict time constraints. But rest assured—the attorneys at Carlson Bier are ready to act quickly and aggressively on behalf of pedestrian accident victims throughout Illinois. You shouldn’t have it any other way!

To find out how much your unique case might be worth, please reach out today through clicking the button below. After all—you’ve been wronged gravely enough already due either to a driver’s carelessness or faulty road conditions causing an utterly life-altering event; why leave compensatory dues merely up chance—a click here could propose shaping prodigiously better futures tomorrow! As long-standing stalwarts across Illinois serving scores by furnishing both tiresome tenacity & warm humanity: At Carlson Bier—we’re not just about arguing cases; we argue cases because we genuinely care about people—we’d feel privileged placing our expertise right alongside you until justice has had its say!

Please remember this very important note: While our law group extensively serves areas across Illinois, do remember Carlson Bier neither has nor maintains an office physically located within Piper City.

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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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Bike Crashes

Proficient in legal representation for people injured in bicycle accidents due to others's recklessness or dangerous conditions.

Scald Injuries

Giving skilled legal services for individuals of serious burn injuries caused by accidents or recklessness.

Physician Incompetence

Providing professional legal services for clients affected by healthcare malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Items Fault

Managing cases involving unsafe products, extending adept legal help to individuals affected by defective items.

Nursing Home Malpractice

Defending the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to mistreatment in elderly care environments, ensuring fairness.

Slip & Slip Mishaps

Specialist in managing slip and fall accident cases, providing legal services to individuals seeking justice for their harm.

Infant Injuries

Supplying legal help for households affected by medical malpractice resulting in neonatal injuries.

Vehicle Incidents

Collisions: Devoted to helping victims of car accidents get equitable remuneration for hurts and damages.

Bike Incidents

Dedicated to providing legal advice for victims involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring fair compensation for traumas.

Truck Mishap

Ensuring professional legal representation for individuals involved in truck accidents, focusing on securing adequate claims for losses.

Construction Site Collisions

Engaged in supporting employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or misconduct.

Cerebral Damages

Committed to providing specialized legal advice for victims suffering from head injuries due to negligence.

Canine Attack Damages

Skilled in handling cases for clients who have suffered traumas from canine attacks or beast attacks.

Pedestrian Accidents

Committed to legal assistance for joggers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering claims.

Unwarranted Loss

Striving for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, extending caring and experienced legal representation to ensure justice.

Neural Injury

Specializing in supporting persons with backbone trauma, offering dedicated legal guidance to secure justice.

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