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About Carlson Bier Associates

If you’ve been involved in a trucking accident, securing reliable legal representation is paramount. At Carlson Bier, we specialize in handling personal injury cases involving commercial trucks. Our seasoned team of attorneys understands the complexities surrounding large vehicle accidents and is closely familiar with the Illinois state regulations that apply to these incidents. We are equipped with extensive experience and robust resources to ensure our clients get eloquent representation for their case. Known throughout Illinois for our result-oriented approach, we at Carlson Bier dedicate ourselves tirelessly to each case – investigating diligently, negotiating effectively with insurance providers and fighting fiercely when litigation becomes necessary. Considering Greenup’s significant traffic from heavy-duty vehicles on its highways, it’s crucial for locals affected by such incidents to choose an attorney who possesses both local knowledge and statewide recognition like ours at Carlson Bier – ensuring security through precision-driven legal counsel could make all difference in your trucking accident case resolution.

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Trucking Accident Lawyers in Greenup Illinois

At Carlson Bier, our exceptional advocacy arises from a solid foundation of expertise in dealing with personal injury cases. As a reputable Illinois-based law firm, we exhibit an unrivaled commitment to seeking justice for victims suffering due to the negligence or recklessness of others. Focusing on trucking accidents, we tirelessly strive to offer value-driven content aimed at educating clients about this critical legal area.

Trucking accidents are not just like any road mishap – they carry an enormous weight both physically and judicially speaking. Their magnitude can be absolutely life-altering, often leading to severe injuries or fatalities that require experienced legal representation.

• Grave injuries: Trucking accidents frequently result in devastating wounds due to the sheer size of the trucks involved. These traumas often include head injuries, spine damages which might leave victims paralyzed, broken bones as well as internal tissue destruction among other serious consequences.

• Mechanical Failures: Issues such as inadequate maintenance causing brake failure and tire blowouts significantly contribute to the occurrence of these catastrophic events.

• Negligence: This can comprise rash driving by truck operators or their lack of requisite training while also including companies’ violations concerning rest periods mandatory for drivers.

• Overloading: Trucks carrying cargo beyond permissible limits increase chances of rollover accidents apart from hampering control during transit.

As your trusted advisors at Carlson Bier, we aim at unpacking complex layers enveloping cases related to trucking accidents and then managing them skillfully for optimal outcomes. Our meticulous processes involve comprehensive reviewing and collection of evidence along with featuring expert testimonies about technical details essential for strengthening your case. In addition to holding responsible parties accountable for negligent breaches directly variegating industry norms contributing towards your loss; it extends further into scrutinizing accident sites for establishing accountability accurately.

Yet another significant aspect we address involves acquainted deliberations concerning compensation matters attached with these grave incidents. Severe bodily harm inflicted upon individuals results in substantial monetary implications inclusive but not limited to medical expenses, future health care costs, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life and wage earning capacity, etc. Our team assures exploration of all possible avenues for securing a rightful compensation that befits the enormous disaster unleashed on victims’ lives.

Equipped with a specifically tailored approach perfected with experience accumulated over years; unraveling intricate complications in truck accident cases is our forte. At Carlson Bier, we understand how an unfortunate event can disrupt your life’s momentum creating crossroads that demand legal guidance. Henceforth, we emphatically stress upon clarifying latent doubts accompanying such scenarios while ardently reassuring mitigation efforts destined for justice.

The power to be proactive in seeking seamless resolution towards these unforeseen upheavals lies with you now! If you or your loved one has been involved in a truck accident, don’t let uncertainties deter corresponding action addressed towards reclaiming lifelines distorted along with enforcing accountability upon perpetrators responsible for the mishap.

To realize the conceivable financial worth layered within your case elements driven by deserving inequities suffered: take a moment to find out more about our services right here at Carlson Bier where empathetic understanding meets legal expertise! By clicking on the button below leaves no scope untouched concerning potential entitlements relative to your case requirements related with truck accidents. Afterall, at Carlson Bier – empowering clients is our primordial goal united beside deriving satisfactory settlements complementing their needs responsibly.

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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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Trucking Accident FAQ​

Trucking accidents are often caused by a combination of factors, including driver fatigue, mechanical failures, improper loading of cargo, speeding, and inadequate driver training. External factors like poor road conditions and bad weather can also contribute.

Safety first: move to a safe area if possible. Call emergency services for medical and police assistance. Document the scene with photos and notes, and gather contact information from witnesses and all involved parties. It’s also crucial to seek medical attention, even if you feel fine, as some injuries may not be immediately apparent.

Liability in trucking accidents can be complex. It may involve the truck driver, the trucking company, manufacturers of truck parts, or other third parties. An investigation will typically look into the driver’s actions, vehicle maintenance records, the trucking company’s compliance with regulations, and other factors to determine fault.

Victims of trucking accidents may be entitled to various forms of compensation, including medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and property damage. In some cases, punitive damages might be awarded, especially if gross negligence or intentional misconduct is involved.

Trucking accidents often involve complex legal and regulatory issues. An attorney with experience in this field can navigate federal and state trucking laws, deal with large trucking companies and their insurers, and help ensure that you receive fair compensation. They can also assist in gathering evidence and expert testimonies necessary for building a strong case.

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Areas of Practice in Greenup

Bike Mishaps

Proficient in legal support for persons injured in bicycle accidents due to other parties' indifference or risky conditions.

Thermal Traumas

Offering specialist legal services for people of major burn injuries caused by accidents or indifference.

Medical Carelessness

Offering dedicated legal representation for clients affected by physician malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Goods Liability

Handling cases involving unsafe products, extending skilled legal guidance to consumers affected by product malfunctions.

Nursing Home Mistreatment

Defending the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to abuse in care facilities environments, ensuring compensation.

Tumble & Fall Accidents

Skilled in dealing with slip and fall accident cases, providing legal assistance to individuals seeking compensation for their suffering.

Newborn Injuries

Providing legal assistance for loved ones affected by medical malpractice resulting in newborn injuries.

Vehicle Mishaps

Crashes: Committed to supporting individuals of car accidents secure just remuneration for hurts and losses.

Two-Wheeler Collisions

Focused on providing representation for bikers involved in two-wheeler accidents, ensuring fair compensation for traumas.

Semi Incident

Delivering professional legal services for individuals involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing appropriate recovery for injuries.

Building Site Mishaps

Committed to representing laborers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to negligence or carelessness.

Cerebral Traumas

Specializing in ensuring specialized legal representation for victims suffering from brain injuries due to misconduct.

K9 Assault Harms

Proficient in dealing with cases for people who have suffered injuries from canine attacks or wildlife encounters.

Jogger Collisions

Specializing in legal advocacy for walkers involved in accidents, providing effective representation for recovering restitution.

Unfair Death

Fighting for bereaved affected by a wrongful death, providing caring and skilled legal assistance to ensure compensation.

Backbone Harm

Specializing in supporting victims with spine impairments, offering expert legal assistance to secure redress.

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