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When you’re seeking competent representation for spinal cord injuries, consider the expertise of Carlson Bier. This Illinois-based law firm specializes in personal injury cases involving spinal trauma, equipped with a qualified team of attorneys dedicated to fighting relentlessly for your rights and justice. They handle complex cases that need an in-depth understanding of medical terminologies related to spinal cord injuries – leveraging their knowledge and experience when navigating through the intricacies of medical malpractice or negligence lawsuits. With Carlson Bier at your side, each case receives personalized attention, ensuring every detail aids towards positively resolving your claim. Recognizing the life-changing implications such traumatic injuries can impose; emotional turmoil, incapabilities or loss – they strive to secure compensation proportional to clients’ suffering whilst safeguarding their future wellbeing. Trust Carlson Bier’s proven track record guaranteeing better chances at obtaining maximum settlements along with invaluable peace-of-mind during this daunting legal process surrounding spinal cord injuries regardless where you reside within Illinois — including Rockdale residents who require our professional assistance.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Rockdale Illinois

At the prestigious Carlson Bier law firm, our exceptional team of personal injury attorneys is fully committed to advocating for victims of spinal cord injuries. These types of injuries can prove highly detrimental and life-altering, often rendering an individual with limited mobility or worse yet, permanently paralyzed. As skilled legal professionals based in Illinois, we combine top-tier experience and compassion to guide you through these testing times.

Spinal cord injuries usually occur as a result of sudden trauma or damage to one’s vertebrae, ligaments, or disks in the spinal column. The severity depends significantly on the extent of harm inflicted upon the spinal cord itself. Typically classified into two primary categories: complete and incomplete spinal cord injuries.

Complete Spinal Cord Injuries are catastrophic – they confer total loss of function below the injury site, leading to permanent paralysis known as paraplegia or quadriplegia.

Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries are less severe but still debilitating – victims retain some motor or sensory function below the damaged area.

Our personal injury attorneys at Carlson Bier understand that each case offers its unique complexities and implications. Yet we remain steadfast in assembling those key pieces of evidence required in determining fault and establishing liability.

Handling a broad spectrum of cases related to spinal cord injuries such as vehicular accidents, industrial mishaps, fall-related incidents; We dedicate ourselves entirely towards achieving fair compensation for your losses ranging from medical costs; physical therapy expenses; rehabilitative care expenditures all through lost wages due to inability to work etc., Our law professionals are well versed with every swirl & curve when navigating intricate Illinois state laws against negligence outfits causing irreparable damage stayed resolute.

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Do you have questions or concerns regarding spinal cord injury claims? Contact the dedicated team at Carlson Bier who are steadfast in delivering reliable support and extensively knowledgeable guidance. We firmly believe in empowering our clients through education, we patiently explain legal intricacies, procedures and provide resources for additional medical & health information.

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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 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 Rockdale

Bike Mishaps

Proficient in legal advocacy for people injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' carelessness or unsafe conditions.

Flame Damages

Extending specialist legal advice for people of grave burn injuries caused by events or carelessness.

Hospital Misconduct

Offering dedicated legal assistance for patients affected by medical malpractice, including surgical errors.

Goods Fault

Dealing with cases involving faulty products, providing specialist legal help to consumers affected by product-related injuries.

Aged Abuse

Supporting the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to neglect in nursing homes environments, ensuring fairness.

Fall and Fall Injuries

Skilled in handling trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to individuals seeking justice for their harm.

Neonatal Traumas

Offering legal aid for households affected by medical misconduct resulting in newborn injuries.

Vehicle Incidents

Collisions: Committed to assisting patients of car accidents receive just payout for injuries and destruction.

Motorcycle Crashes

Specializing in providing legal assistance for bikers involved in motorcycle accidents, ensuring fair compensation for harm.

18-Wheeler Crash

Ensuring professional legal advice for individuals involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing fair recompense for damages.

Construction Site Collisions

Engaged in advocating for employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or negligence.

Cognitive Impairments

Dedicated to providing expert legal support for patients suffering from head injuries due to incidents.

K9 Assault Damages

Specialized in tackling cases for victims who have suffered injuries from dog attacks or animal assaults.

Foot-traveler Collisions

Focused on legal advocacy for walkers involved in accidents, providing comprehensive support for recovering claims.

Undeserved Passing

Fighting for grieving parties affected by a wrongful death, delivering sensitive and professional legal representation to ensure justice.

Neural Trauma

Expert in supporting patients with spine impairments, offering specialized legal assistance to secure compensation.

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