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Experiencing a spinal cord injury can be life-altering. Navigating the legal process in its aftermath can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to go through it alone. At Carlson Bier, we specialize in cases involving spinal cord injuries and we stand ready to leverage our extensive experience on your behalf. Our committed attorneys are well-versed in current Illinois laws impacting these traumatic injuries and effectively championing for maximum compensation possible for our clients is always at the forefront of our focus.

We bring it – determination, skillful negotiation tactics coupled with aggressive legal strategies ensuring rightful justice is pursued while dealing rigorously with insurance companies who often attempt to undervalue claims.

Though no amount of money can truly compensate personal suffering due from catastrophic injury like this, appropriate compensation significantly helps reduce financial burdens as healthcare costs mount up while securing future needs.

Working diligently across Steger and wider Illinois; Carlson Bier is reputable not just locally but state-wide because understanding each client’s unique situation within their locale fosters ability to serve them better.

Choose Carlson Bier – your valued partner navigating complexities post spinal cord injury! You deserve nothing less than dedicated attorneys who will fight tirelessly for your rights and give you comprehensive representation every step of the way.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in Steger Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we’re dedicated to representing clients who have sustained spinal cord injuries. As expert personal injury attorneys based in Illinois, our mission is to ensure that victims of these debilitating injuries are supported and adequately compensated. Spinal Cord Injuries (SCIs) are life-altering with broad impacts on the affected individual’s physical capabilities, independence, financial stability, and overall quality of life.

Spinal cord injuries often result from traumatic events such as vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries or even violent encounters like assaults. It is essential for individuals facing these wounds to understand their implications fully:

• Physical Impact: The level of bodily disability caused by an SCI can vary widely depending upon the severity and location of the injury along the spine. Complete SCIs cause full loss of sensation and motor function below the traumatic site, while incomplete SCIs may allow some motor or sensory function.

• Medical Expenses: Ongoing rehabilitation therapies and related healthcare costs post-SCI injury usually escalate rapidly which in turn leads to a significant financial burden on surviving families.

• Societal Exclusion: Unfortunately, society still has many hurdles regarding accessibility hence making daily living challenging for those significantly impaired by a spinal cord injury.

Overcoming these obstacles requires resources—physical therapy for recovery as possible; adaptive devices like wheelchairs or modified vehicles for enhanced mobility; home modifications for improved safety and accessibility—the financial demands add up quickly due to these necessary measures in order to adapt to life post-injury.

That’s where Carlson Bier comes into play—we specialize in fighting doggedly for our clients’ rights focusing specifically how each unique case presents its challenge which subsequently helps us craft tailored strategies aimed at securing maximum compensation on behalf our clients. Our depth knowledge surrounding complexities attached with personal injury legal maters further positions us well as your ultimate ally during your pursuit justice.

The core tenet that defines our approach involves educating potential clients about every facet of the process. We utilize our wealth case experience and legal acumen in providing comprehensive explanations relating to potential insurance issues you might encounter, how the medical bills will be catered for and dissect ways we can help maximize your ultimate compensation. Our dedicated team offers compassion-filled support coupled with aggressive representation to ensure our clients’ needs are at the forefront.

If you or a loved one has experienced a spinal cord injury due to another’s negligence, don’t face the future without exploring all avenues of financial assistance. The value of your case could contribute significantly toward essential supportive resources, medical treatment costs, lost wages along with pain and suffering endured as part of your ordeal.

Always remember that finding right lawyer means hiring a representative who blends professional expertise alongside empathetic approach tailored specifically around meeting your individual needs, something ingrained deeply into Carlson Bier’s personal injury counsel philosophy.

Now is the time take action—don’t leave funds potentially available on table because you were unsure about pursuing a claim. Our seasoned team is poised offer evaluative consultation based on their extensive legal know-how coupled with empathy towards victim’s plight such that substantial justice would ensue in return.

Take an informed step forward by clicking on button below—the strength of your case relies not only upon inherent facts but also persuasive skills exhibited by selected attorney—we urge you examine fully how much worth lies beneath those surface details—you just might discover there’s more value contained within your distressing incident than initially perceived. Let Carlson Bier diligently fight for adequate compensation attuned towards reflecting gravity attached with enduring pain caused due exploited negligence. Let us lend expert hand in discovering true-value compensation linked directly to spine-related injuries enabled by careless actions perpetuated others; all it requires is click below!

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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 Injury FAQ​

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 Steger

Two-Wheeler Accidents

Expert in legal advocacy for individuals injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' recklessness or risky conditions.

Burn Injuries

Giving specialist legal help for individuals of severe burn injuries caused by accidents or negligence.

Clinical Carelessness

Ensuring expert legal representation for persons affected by physician malpractice, including surgical errors.

Goods Obligation

Taking on cases involving dangerous products, delivering skilled legal assistance to clients affected by harmful products.

Aged Abuse

Representing the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to malpractice in elderly care environments, ensuring compensation.

Tumble & Slip Occurrences

Skilled in addressing tumble accident cases, providing legal assistance to clients seeking justice for their damages.

Newborn Damages

Extending legal aid for loved ones affected by medical incompetence resulting in childbirth injuries.

Vehicle Collisions

Crashes: Committed to aiding victims of car accidents obtain equitable compensation for injuries and damages.

Bike Incidents

Specializing in providing legal services for victims involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring rightful claims for traumas.

Big Rig Mishap

Providing specialist legal services for individuals involved in big rig accidents, focusing on securing appropriate compensation for harms.

Construction Site Incidents

Concentrated on representing laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to safety violations or irresponsibility.

Cognitive Impairments

Dedicated to ensuring expert legal advice for clients suffering from cognitive injuries due to accidents.

K9 Assault Wounds

Proficient in addressing cases for victims who have suffered traumas from dog bites or wildlife encounters.

Jogger Mishaps

Dedicated to legal support for pedestrians involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering claims.

Unfair Fatality

Fighting for relatives affected by a wrongful death, delivering compassionate and skilled legal support to ensure justice.

Spinal Cord Damage

Expert in assisting clients with vertebral damage, offering specialized legal services to secure settlement.

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