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About Carlson Bier Associates

Birth injuries can be a stressful and complex tragedy for any family to navigate. Parents in Waterloo looking for expert legal representation to handle such sensitive matters need look no further than Carlson Bier. With comprehensive expertise and an empathetic approach, our committed team ensures you receive the justice you deserve. Our law firm specializes in birth injuries cases and boasts impressive success records across Illinois, testifying to our relentless dedication towards our clients. We have a robust understanding of both medical malpractice laws as well as the emotional support critically needed during these times of distress — forming capable companions through your fight for rights that validates us being rightly considered when seeking legal assistance regarding birth injuries in Waterloo, Illinois. At Carlson Bier, we take pride in upholding your interests above anything else with skilled representation coupled with genuine compassion and care every step of the way. Choose us; let’s work collaboratively towards obtaining due restitution under unfortunate circumstances resting on trustworthiness, competence, and tenacity.

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Birth Injuries Lawyers in Waterloo Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we specialize in a wide range of personal injury law matters, with a particular emphasis on birth injuries. Birth injuries are unfortunately common and can occur due to various reasons that include medical negligence, improper use of medical devices during child delivery, insufficient monitoring of the mother’s and baby’s health during labor, among others.

Birth injuries can lead to severe consequences such as cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy (Brachial Plexus Palsy), infant brain damage, perinatal asphyxia or bone fractures. It is crucial to understand your child might experience any of these conditions:

– Cerebral Palsy: This condition affects muscle coordination and body movement and could result from brain damage before or during childbirth.

– Erb’s palsy: Also leveraging under birth injuries when the baby’s nerves connected to the arm get damaged during delivery.

– Infant Brain Damage: Ongoing seizures after delivery often signify this kind of birth injury. It may also be diagnosed through abnormal tempos in the baby’s heart rate.

– Perinatal Asphyxia: Insufficient oxygen supply to the newborn can lead to physical problems such as organ dysfunction – mainly affecting liver development.

– Bone Fractures : This type of injury results from physical force exerted on the infant during labor or delivery resulting in broken bones

We at Carlson Bier understand that bringing a new life into this world should be joyous for parents; yet it could turn out tragic if negligent healthcare causes avoidable birth injury complications. Notably so because caring for a child with significant special needs is indeed emotionally exhausting; moreover, it instigates financial strain concerning prolonged medical treatment costs. Hence our lawyers stand committed to ensuring justice is served against any party responsible for causing preventable harm due to negligence or incompetence.

Carlson Bier offers over 25 years extensively focused on handling diverse personal injury cases – predominantly those related to birth injuries. Our law firm based in Illinois is set on delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients. We are well-equipped with both legal expertise, coupled with an empathetic understanding of what families go through after experiencing birth injuries.

We strongly believe in fighting tirelessly to ensure that your child’s future is secure. Our seasoned lawyers are adept at investigating medical malpractice or negligence claims meticulously, substantiating irrefutable proof against responsible parties and negotiating fair compensation settlements to help families navigate their immense financial burdens more effortlessly.

Personal injury cases involving birth injuries require detailed knowledge of intricate medical practices side by side the prevailing laws; making them among the most challenging lawsuits to litigate. Given this complexity, you need attorneys experienced enough in handling similar suits before – precisely where Carlson Bier steps in!

Our team comprises dedicated personal injury attorney professionals committed to utilizing their vast expertise and resources towards ensuring that victims get compensated fairly for undue harm faced due to someone else’s fault – encompassing current as well as future costs of care owing to significant disabilities inflicted upon your child.

Now that you have gleaned insights into the various aspects surrounding Birth Injuries and how Carlson Bier aims at simplifying your fight for justice, click on the button below.

By doing so, not only will you be able to evaluate how much your case could potentially be worth but rest assured that you are one step closer towards getting rightful compensation easing out unforeseen hardships better. We firmly stand beside each client throughout this demanding journey emphasizing a faithful commitment till achieving eventual victory! So contact us and let’s make sure justice prevails.

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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 Waterloo

Bike Crashes

Focused on legal representation for victims injured in bicycle accidents due to responsible parties' indifference or dangerous conditions.

Fire Damages

Providing specialist legal support for victims of grave burn injuries caused by events or misconduct.

Medical Negligence

Offering professional legal representation for victims affected by healthcare malpractice, including wrong treatment.

Commodities Fault

Dealing with cases involving defective products, supplying expert legal support to customers affected by defective items.

Elder Mistreatment

Advocating for the rights of seniors who have been subjected to malpractice in care facilities environments, ensuring protection.

Tumble & Stumble Occurrences

Specialist in dealing with trip accident cases, providing legal support to individuals seeking recovery for their losses.

Newborn Damages

Delivering legal help for loved ones affected by medical incompetence resulting in childbirth injuries.

Automobile Accidents

Incidents: Dedicated to aiding victims of car accidents get fair payout for injuries and destruction.

Bike Accidents

Specializing in providing legal advice for motorcyclists involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring rightful claims for injuries.

18-Wheeler Collision

Delivering experienced legal representation for individuals involved in lorry accidents, focusing on securing appropriate settlement for injuries.

Worksite Mishaps

Engaged in representing employees or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to carelessness or recklessness.

Cerebral Damages

Focused on providing specialized legal representation for persons suffering from cognitive injuries due to carelessness.

Dog Attack Harms

Expertise in addressing cases for individuals who have suffered damages from K9 assaults or beast attacks.

Jogger Accidents

Dedicated to legal support for walkers involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering damages.

Unfair Fatality

Striving for families affected by a wrongful death, extending empathetic and skilled legal support to ensure fairness.

Neural Damage

Committed to defending patients with backbone trauma, offering dedicated legal guidance to secure settlement.

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