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About Carlson Bier Associates

When you or a loved one suffers severe burn injuries, quick legal assistance becomes crucial to negotiate the complex premise of personal injury law. Carlson Bier is here precisely for that purpose – being an advocate for your rights and working relentlessly to help you secure the compensation deserved. We have deep-rooted expertise in handling burn injuries cases, navigating through intricate legal proceedings with utmost professionalism. Whether from work-related incidents or accidents at public places, our Illinois-based firm addresses each circumstance astutely to achieve optimal outcomes.

What makes us stand out? It’s our commitment towards your case combined with stellar legal acumen that sets us apart. Our goal isn’t just limited to compensatory justice- we strive hard on preventative measures as well ensuring such instances are mitigated in future scenarios as much as possible.

Choosing Carlson Bier affirms low-risk yet high-reward representation due to our ‘No Fee Promise’ feature – emphasizing client satisfaction before anything else! Engaging with us ensures ethical & proficient litigation focusing majorly on your needs while recovering from unfortunate circumstances like burn injuries.

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Burn Injuries Lawyers in Westchester Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we foster an environment of compassionate support and trusted legal advice for victims of personal injuries. Specializing in burn injuries – one of the most traumatic personal injury types, our dedicated attorneys are well-versed with the Illinois legal framework and apply this expertise to help you get fair compensation.

A burn injury can occur from numerous sources that include heat burns (from fire or steam), chemical burns, electrical burns, or radiation burns. The severity of these burns is gauged on a scale that ranges from first-degree being least severe to fourth degree which includes deep tissue damage impacting muscles and bones.

Here’s what you need to know about each type:

• First-Degree Burns: These superficial wounds affect the top layer of skin causing redness and pain.

• Second-Degree Burns: These penetrate deeper than the first layer causing blisters along with intense redness and pain.

• Third-Degree Burns: More profound than second-degree burns, they extend through every layer of skin. They present as white or black charred skin that may be numb due to damaged nerve endings.

• Fourth Degree Burns: These critical burns reach into muscle and bone causing irreversible damage.

The emotional trauma and physical distress caused by a burn injury can be life-altering. From medical expenses including costly surgeries and rehabilitation therapy to psychological care needed alongside loss of income during recovery – dealing with such intense burdens requires comprehensive understanding beyond medical terms.

In Illinois, burn injury victims have legal recourse against negligent parties responsible for their ordeal. Yet claim filing within the statutory deadline under Illinois law involves navigating intricate case specifications while also managing recovery hurdles. Burn injuries come associated not only with immediate treatment costs but long-standing consequences as scar management, secondary infection chances, possible amputations among others which demand careful consideration during claim settlement negotiations.

This is precisely where Carlson Bier steps in – ensuring you receive substantial compensation commensurate your circumstances that goes beyond covering just immediate medical expenses. However, due to the Illinois law that makes it illegal to advertise for a city without a physical office there, our law firm does not falsely claim having an office in Westchester while promoting ourselves as personal attorneys.

Our legal team at Carlson Bier has hands-on experience dealing with complicated burn injury cases and can seamlessly manage fighting insurance companies while also calculating fair settlement amounts considering future surgical procedures, need for ongoing care or potential job retraining costs.

Further down, you’ll find valuable resources related to FAQs on burn injuries covering aspects like time limitations for filing claims under Illinois law, how compensation is calculated etc. Alongside these comprehensive insights is useful information for concerned family members about providing emotional support through recovery process or assisting during initial emergency response measures.

Filing a personal injury claim after suffering a devastating burn injury can feel overwhelming. Yet choosing Carlson Bier means relying on attorneys who stand relentlessly at your side every step of the way – from thorough gathering of evidence proving negligence to aggressive representation at trial if needed. We work diligently aiming at getting justice served regardless of how powerful an opponent might be: corporate entity, government body or private individual.

Wondering what your case could be worth? The compensation amount mainly factors severity and source of burns along impact intensity on routine life – from ability shifts performing daily activities to any long-term physiological effects. Clicking on the button below will take you to an innovative tool developed by Carlson Bier that allows anyone who sustained such injuries to get a free instant estimate reflecting possible scenario outcome based on shared details. Understand your rights! Exercise them! And let us help you secure the best possible compensation for your hardships in this complex process.

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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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Burn Accident FAQ​

There are three main types of burn injuries:

  • First-degree burns: These burns affect the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. They cause redness, pain, and swelling.
  • Second-degree burns: These burns affect the epidermis and the dermis, the second layer of skin. They cause redness, pain, swelling, and blistering.
  • Third-degree burns: These burns destroy the epidermis and the dermis, and can also damage the underlying tissues. They cause white, leathery, or charred skin.

Burn injuries can be caused by a variety of factors, including:

  • Heat: This includes flames, hot liquids, steam, and hot objects.
  • Electricity: Electrical burns can be caused by contact with live wires or outlets.
  • Chemicals: Chemical burns can be caused by exposure to acids, alkalis, and other corrosive substances.
  • Radiation: Radiation burns can be caused by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun or to other types of radiation.

The signs and symptoms of a burn injury will vary depending on the severity of the burn. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Redness
  • Pain
  • Swelling
  • Blistering
  • Charred skin
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Shock

The treatment options for burn injuries will vary depending on the severity of the burn. However, some common treatment options include:

  • First-degree burns: These burns typically heal on their own within a few days. However, it is important to keep the area clean and moist.
  • Second-degree burns: These burns may need to be treated with medication or surgery.
  • Third-degree burns: These burns typically require surgery and skin grafts.

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Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit if your burn injury was caused by the negligence or recklessness of another person or party. A burn 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 Westchester

Bicycle Incidents

Specializing in legal representation for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' negligence or perilous conditions.

Thermal Injuries

Giving expert legal services for patients of serious burn injuries caused by events or indifference.

Hospital Misconduct

Ensuring professional legal representation for victims affected by clinical malpractice, including negligent care.

Commodities Obligation

Addressing cases involving unsafe products, extending professional legal support to customers affected by faulty goods.

Elder Misconduct

Defending the rights of nursing home residents who have been subjected to abuse in elderly care environments, ensuring fairness.

Stumble and Stumble Accidents

Skilled in tackling fall and trip accident cases, providing legal advice to individuals seeking redress for their injuries.

Newborn Traumas

Providing legal guidance for households affected by medical misconduct resulting in infant injuries.

Motor Crashes

Incidents: Focused on aiding patients of car accidents obtain appropriate settlement for damages and harm.

Motorbike Collisions

Specializing in providing representation for riders involved in motorbike accidents, ensuring adequate recompense for damages.

Trucking Mishap

Extending specialist legal assistance for victims involved in lorry accidents, focusing on securing fair claims for losses.

Building Site Accidents

Engaged in assisting staff or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to oversights or carelessness.

Cognitive Damages

Focused on delivering dedicated legal representation for patients suffering from cerebral injuries due to negligence.

K9 Assault Injuries

Specialized in tackling cases for individuals who have suffered damages from puppy bites or creature assaults.

Foot-traveler Incidents

Dedicated to legal support for pedestrians involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering restitution.

Wrongful Demise

Working for families affected by a wrongful death, providing empathetic and professional legal representation to ensure compensation.

Backbone Damage

Dedicated to advocating for patients with paralysis, offering specialized legal representation to secure redress.

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