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About Carlson Bier Associates

Sustaining a spinal cord injury can irrevocably alter your life’s course. Recognizing the gravity of such an incident, Carlson Bier provides top-notch legal representation for those who’ve experienced this devastating personal injury. As esteemed advocates in Illinois, we offer specialized legal expertise that navigates complex spinal cord injuries cases with compassion and precision like no other.

Our proficiency stems from profound insight into medical intricacies related to these shootings coupled with years of experience in personal injury law landscape. Our team realizes the enormous physiological, psychological, and financial toll it extracts from victims competing daily with their difficult circumstances.

With us by your side, you gain access to dedicated attorneys committed to pursuing maximum compensation for your struggles while defending your rights meticulously at every step. We also understand each case has unique aspects requiring personalized attention and strategies designed accordingly.

Choosing Carlson Bier means picking comprehensive support through challenging times when confronting spinal cord injuries-related issues head-on becomes essential yet overwhelming without expert guidance — weaving a reassuring path towards justice even amid tumultuous situations serving as our definitive promise.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Lawyers in West Chicago Illinois

Welcome to Carlson Bier, your trusted personal injury attorney group based in Illinois. Our professionals are proud to dedicate themselves to representing clients who have suffered immensely due to spinal cord injuries. The team of attorneys at Carlson Bier is highly knowledgeable and experienced, providing legal advice and assistance that can stand the test of courtrooms.

Spinal cord injuries can be incredibly devastating incidents leading to a life-altering situation for the victim as well as their family. These can range from reduced mobility or sensation, difficulty doing regular tasks, or potentially severe paralysis. It becomes essential for victims and their families to understand these eventualities in order to prepare both mentally and legally:

– *Incidence Causes*: Spinal cord injuries might emerge from various situations including vehicle accidents, falls, acts of violence, or even sports-related incidents.

– *Potential Complications*: Depending on the severity of the injury, complications may vary. These could range from pain and numbness in certain body parts (mild cases) to difficulties breathing and quadriplegia (severe cases).

– *Legal Rights*: Victims have a right to claim compensation including medical expenses, loss of income due to inability to work; emotional distress related damages among others if it can be proved that someone else’s negligence led to the accident.

As daunting as this scenario sounds, securing rightful compensation should not add stress upon already enduring challenges physically and emotionally. This is where we come in – helping our clients navigate through complex legalities offering compassionate yet relentless pursuit for justice with our seasoned network of investigators & expert witnesses well armed with cutting-edge technology resources.

Carlson Bier’s main expertise lies within Personal Injury Law while primarily focusing on severe spinal cord injury suits all throughout Illinois state in compliance with state laws regarding practice areas. While dealing intricately within realms of such intricate nature pre-litigation procedures up until courtroom presenting is taken care by us every step of the way meaning negotiation entanglements, documentation complexities removing all rightful burdens off victims and their families with one sole aim-on securing maximum possible compensation.

Every experience is unique so are their legal ramifications. We understand this detailing would seem overwhelming hence we propose personalized guidance via free first consultation towards case understanding ensuring that utmost care is given to each client’s situation until satisfactory conclusion.

We acknowledge the huge responsibility clients entrust us with which demands not just professional competence but also omnipresent empathy. Witnessing firsthand the horrendous impacts of spinal cord injuries coupled with unwarranted legal complications has made it our mission at Carlson Bier to fight relentlessly for our clients’ rights enabling them to focus on recovery while we labor resiliently prodding justice system.

If you or a loved one has experienced a spinal cord injury due to someone else’s neglect or reckless behavior, rest assured – Help is at hand; Justice as well! Be it substantial medical bills, loss of wages, permanent physical disability or emotional trauma damages, let Carlson Bier push your claim forward seeking damage coverage rightfully owed whilst also helping safeguard future financial security for those impacted adversely due to such severe physical calamities.

Investing trust within right law firm makes an immense difference not only in trial outcome but life thereafter. It’s time for action because you deserve better; compensation liable by negligents.whether in equilibrium where current condition wont worsen or you’re the initial days of accident figuring assessment and legality both can be daunting don’t carry these burdens alone

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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 West Chicago

Pedal Cycle Mishaps

Expert in legal support for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' recklessness or dangerous conditions.

Scald Injuries

Extending professional legal advice for patients of intense burn injuries caused by events or recklessness.

Hospital Incompetence

Delivering professional legal assistance for persons affected by clinical malpractice, including negligent care.

Goods Responsibility

Managing cases involving problematic products, offering professional legal help to consumers affected by product malfunctions.

Geriatric Mistreatment

Protecting the rights of elders who have been subjected to neglect in nursing homes environments, ensuring justice.

Slip & Slip Occurrences

Skilled in tackling slip and fall accident cases, providing legal assistance to victims seeking compensation for their injuries.

Infant Wounds

Providing legal support for kin affected by medical malpractice resulting in childbirth injuries.

Auto Mishaps

Mishaps: Focused on aiding patients of car accidents gain reasonable compensation for harms and destruction.

Bike Accidents

Focused on providing legal support for individuals involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring justice for damages.

Truck Collision

Ensuring experienced legal services for persons involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing adequate settlement for damages.

Construction Site Crashes

Committed to assisting workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to recklessness or carelessness.

Neurological Traumas

Expert in ensuring compassionate legal assistance for clients suffering from cognitive injuries due to misconduct.

Canine Attack Harms

Skilled in dealing with cases for clients who have suffered harms from canine attacks or animal assaults.

Cross-walker Accidents

Committed to legal services for cross-walkers involved in accidents, providing expert advice for recovering compensation.

Wrongful Demise

Fighting for relatives affected by a wrongful death, extending empathetic and professional legal representation to ensure fairness.

Backbone Impairment

Dedicated to assisting clients with spinal cord injuries, offering expert legal assistance to secure compensation.

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