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Carlson Bier champions justice for parents dealing with birth injuries across Shipman and the greater Illinois region. We understand that such a pivotal moment in life turning dire can be shattering, causing insurmountable emotional distress alongside substantial medical costs. That’s where our expertise comes into play.

Our firm’s reputation is built on decades of successful settlements and verdicts related to birth injury cases, testing every procedural intricacy unique to these types of claims. Professional yet empathetic, we deliver personalized legal guidance that transforms complex legislation into comprehensive strategies aimed at adequate compensation.

Being well-versed in handling complications ranging from cerebral palsy to Erb’s Palsy or Brachial Plexus Injuries among others, we aim at alleviating unnecessary distress caused by negligent practitioners. Our extensive knowledge and unwavering dedication make Carlson Bier your premier choice for legal representation during this sensitive time.

We appreciate the obligations within this area of law practice as it involves highly specialized medical facts coupled with intricate liability issues. If you require steadfast assistance navigating through birth injury matters near Shipman or anywhere throughout Illinois, entrust Carlson Bier – because we believe in birthing justice.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Shipman Illinois

Welcome to Carlson Bier, a preeminent personal injury law firm based in Illinois. Our team of devoted personal injury attorneys specializes in a vast range of cases, with an emphasis on Birth Injuries.

Childbirth should be a joyous occasion, but shoddy medical care can convert it into a time of despair. An incompetent or careless healthcare professional can induce an immeasurable amount of pain and suffering for the family involved. Such negligence during the momentous event of childbirth may lead to birth injuries that come with lifelong complications for the child and heartbreak for the parents.

At Carlson Bier, we understand that birth injuries are not just about physical harm but they also impact mental well-being, bring financial instability due to mounting medical bills, require consistent caregiving, special education needs or even necessitate home modifications.

Our experience extends across several areas regarding birth injuries:

• Cerebral Palsy: Synonymous with muscle tone loss and impaired motor functions.

• Erb’s Palsy: Characterized by weakness or loss of motion in one arm.

• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE): A brain dysfunction caused by decreased blood or oxygen flow.

• Preterm Birth Injuries: Occurring as babies born before 37 weeks tend to have underdeveloped organs aiding further risk.

Understandably navigating liability issues associated with these circumstances – fault determination, understanding if you’re eligible for compensation becomes tricky while dealing with emotional upheaval simultaneously.

This is where our expert legal representation differs from others; at Carlson Bier we stand alongside every step along this arduous journey helping shift burdens off your shoulders onto ours’.

An essential part of our service includes rigorous investigation ensuring culpability rests where it belongs calling upon expert witnesses from obstetrics/gynecology, neonatology and pediatric neurological fields having in-depth knowledge specific to cases involving negligent prenatal care or improper handling during delivery resulting in injury. Our objective remains to secure the maximum compensation allowing your child access to vital resources like therapies, medical equipment, and educational services aligning with their unique needs.

We pull no punches when it comes to holding wrongdoers accountable; through diligent legwork, we strive towards validating claims while also holding liable parties accountable – be that hospitals, individual healthcare providers or even pharmaceutical companies.

The birth injury attorneys at Carlson Bier take pride in advocating fair dealing by keeping our clients informed amidst a complex legal process via transparent communication and detailed case analysis thereby ensuring together we choose the best route forward that promises rightful restitution. As seasoned litigators having an outstanding track record in securing substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of parents and newborns suffering because of negligent medical care providers guilty of malpractice during delivery or prenatal care, we leave no stone unturned in the pursuit for justice.

Copious sleepless nights agonizing over mounting bills can now become history as we consciously offer our services on a contingency fee basis meaning if successful in obtaining compensation for you it’s only then do we deduct attorney fees from recovered funds instead of charging upfront eliminating added stress.

Your journey dealing with such hardship begins here but remember you’re not alone anymore. The team at Carlson Bier is just one click away ready to extend expert guidance during these trialling times working relentlessly so that whilst braving this storm your focus shifts solely towards future wellbeing without needing to fret legal complications unnecessarily.

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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 Shipman

Bike Incidents

Focused on legal advocacy for clients injured in bicycle accidents due to others's negligence or risky conditions.

Burn Injuries

Giving expert legal advice for victims of major burn injuries caused by incidents or misconduct.

Medical Misconduct

Delivering dedicated legal representation for clients affected by clinical malpractice, including medication mistakes.

Merchandise Obligation

Addressing cases involving faulty products, extending adept legal help to customers affected by product-related injuries.

Senior Misconduct

Protecting the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to malpractice in elderly care environments, ensuring compensation.

Stumble & Stumble Occurrences

Professional in managing fall and trip accident cases, providing legal services to persons seeking redress for their losses.

Newborn Harms

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

Motor Mishaps

Mishaps: Focused on assisting individuals of car accidents obtain fair remuneration for damages and losses.

Motorcycle Collisions

Committed to providing legal assistance for bikers involved in bike accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for harm.

Semi Crash

Ensuring expert legal advice for drivers involved in lorry accidents, focusing on securing just recovery for losses.

Worksite Crashes

Focused on advocating for laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or carelessness.

Cerebral Impairments

Committed to delivering expert legal support for individuals suffering from cognitive injuries due to misconduct.

Canine Attack Harms

Proficient in tackling cases for people who have suffered harms from dog bites or wildlife encounters.

Jogger Accidents

Specializing in legal services for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering recovery.

Wrongful Loss

Working for families affected by a wrongful death, delivering understanding and expert legal assistance to ensure fairness.

Vertebral Trauma

Focused on assisting patients with spine impairments, offering professional legal support to secure redress.

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