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About Carlson Bier Associates

When faced with the aftermath of a birth injury, finding reliable and competent legal assistance is essential. The Birth Injuries attorneys at Carlson Bier are dedicated to assisting families in Shorewood through these difficult moments. Our seasoned team specializes exclusively in this serious area of law, bringing extensive expertise and empathy to each case. We aim to alleviate your burden by offering an unerring commitment toward securing justice for your loved ones impacted by birth injuries. At Carlson Bier, we rigorously examine every aspect of potential medical negligence leading up to or during birth– leaving no stone unturned while providing personalized attention throughout legal proceedings. By choosing our firm, you can confidently navigate this challenging path equipped with our years-long track record fighting for the rights of affected children and their families across Illinois State – including Shorewood residents’ representing needs – presenting cases effectively against parties accountable for preventable birth injuries. Trust Carlson Bier – Your proven advocates in demanding times like these.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Shorewood Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we are a respected and established Illinois-based personal injury law firm specializing in providing professional legal aid to individuals and families impacted by birth injuries. Birth injuries incorporate a broad spectrum of complications that arise during childbirth due to medical negligence or malpractice; these may inflict lifelong physical and emotional trauma on newborns as well as their parents.

Navigating claims related to birth injuries can often be overwhelming for the uninitiated, with multiple complex legal aspects to consider. Our expert team at Carlson Bier carries extensive experience in handling such intricate cases, ensuring you receive informed guidance throughout your claim process.

• Improper use of forceps: During labor, it is crucial to handle forceps with utmost care. Any inappropriate use may injure the delicate tissues of both the mother and baby.

• Umbilical cord problems: Incorrect handling can cause oxygen deprivation leading to significant traumatic brain injury in the child.

• Delayed C-section: If doctors fail to perform an immediate cesarean section when necessary, it might lead to severe consequences.

Understanding birth injuries involves recognizing common symptoms like seizures within 48 hours after delivery, faltering muscle control or reflexes, even skull fractures– all these could indicate potential birth injuries. A correct diagnosis is imperative not only for treating these conditions appropriately but also while seeking compensation through legal channels.

In our commitment towards imparting comprehensive knowledge in this area, let’s delve into how birth injuries could potentially impact not just physical health but overall quality of life:

• Physical impairments: These range from moderate mobility issues up till serious concerns like cerebral palsy.

• Cognitive disabilities: Learning difficulties or behavioral problems which cohesively affect the child’s education prospects significantly.

• Emotional distress: Beyond the obvious psychological burden endured by parents who should have rightfully enjoyed their newborn phase.

It must be underscored here that every individual case holds its nuances hence requires specialized legal counsel which your trusted partners at Carlson Bier pride ourselves in. Our team expunges the complexities from claims related to birth injuries by providing clear, succinct guidance across every legal step.

Just as no two clients are alike, so do their cases differ considerably. Hence, we take an individualized approach towards each client case based on its unique circumstances and requirements.

• Thorough review of medical records: This arms us with pertinent information for strong claim representation.

• Expert consultations: To gain insights into more nuanced aspects of your situation.

• Assessing long-term impacts: To provide accurate compensation estimates for future care needs.

The effort goes beyond providing just professional legal aid; at Carlson Bier we believe in establishing strong bonds of trust that assure you being completely supported throughout this distressing phase.

At Carlson Bier, our adept team always keeps abreast with Illinois’s latest legal statutes concerning personal injury law and adheres strictly to ethical guidelines. Our services come draped under a commitment towards upholding a high standard of integrity, credibility, and resilience that effectively steers your claim through judicial hoops ensuring maximum entitlements within the shortest possible time frame.

As impactful stakeholders striving for justice after birth injuries due to negligence or preventable malpractice, understanding your rights is paramount. We withhold immense respect for our clients’ courage to seek justice in face of adversity hence commit sincerely towards supporting their fight against negligent caregivers – It’s why we exist!

Remarkably, reserving no upfront fee reflects much about how Carlson Bier values each client relationship far beyond monetary transactions alone. We proceed undeterred on your path seeking rightful compensation until clarity descends upon desired results favorably – No victory equals no fees! You read right!!

Past victories have successfully secured optimal compensations for countless families grappling with birth injury repercussions aiding them indisputably across varied facets – Medical costs, ongoing treatments, rehabilitational support or educational resources catering specially to children diagnosed with cerebral palsy even behavioral therapy sessions, we’ve covered them all!

So what’s holding you back? Exploring the worth of your claim is just a click away. Carlson Bier beckons you to master your control right now! Click the button below to seek our expert counsel facilitating substantial results connecting you closer towards life-changing compensation. Lean into reputed expertise that has proven successful time and again, experience first-hand how uncompromised commitment transforms struggle into strength at Carlson Bier today!

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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 Shorewood

Bike Incidents

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

Fire Damages

Providing professional legal advice for sufferers of intense burn injuries caused by incidents or indifference.

Medical Misconduct

Offering experienced legal services for patients affected by medical malpractice, including negligent care.

Items Accountability

Addressing cases involving faulty products, delivering specialist legal assistance to individuals affected by product-related injuries.

Elder Malpractice

Protecting the rights of the elderly who have been subjected to misconduct in nursing homes environments, ensuring fairness.

Trip & Fall Accidents

Expert in addressing tumble accident cases, providing legal representation to victims seeking restitution for their injuries.

Neonatal Wounds

Extending legal aid for families affected by medical carelessness resulting in childbirth injuries.

Motor Crashes

Accidents: Committed to helping sufferers of car accidents get appropriate recompense for wounds and damages.

Scooter Incidents

Focused on providing legal assistance for motorcyclists involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring fair compensation for damages.

18-Wheeler Accident

Offering professional legal representation for clients involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing adequate settlement for injuries.

Building Accidents

Dedicated to defending staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or negligence.

Brain Traumas

Specializing in delivering expert legal assistance for clients suffering from neurological injuries due to accidents.

Canine Attack Damages

Proficient in addressing cases for persons who have suffered injuries from puppy bites or wildlife encounters.

Pedestrian Incidents

Dedicated to legal services for foot-travelers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering restitution.

Unfair Loss

Fighting for loved ones affected by a wrongful death, delivering caring and experienced legal support to ensure fairness.

Vertebral Damage

Focused on assisting individuals with spinal cord injuries, offering specialized legal guidance to secure compensation.

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