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About Carlson Bier Associates

In the realm of product liability, Carlson Bier emerges as a preeminent attention handler. We provide high-level legal expertise for Saint David community members faced with faulty products that caused undue harm or damage. Though only centrally located in Illinois, geographical distances pose no barriers to our commitment towards your claim. Every case is attentively managed since we believe in protecting the rights and safety of consumers all over Saint David from negligent manufacturers.

Our seasoned lawyers strive to ensure fair compensation for victims who suffered injury from defective merchandise ranging from electronic gadgets to healthcare products; we defend you against companies attempting evasion of responsibility via loopholes buried within warranty clauses.

Carlson Bier proudly upholds a compelling track record— testament to our adeptness at demystifying intricate legalese and formulating solid arguments that invariably tip scales in favor of justice for our clients. Henceforth, if you are scouting an authority best positioned comprehend and advocate your side within the complex world of Products Liability law: look no further than Carlson Bier—your rigorous defense force dedicated steadfastly on optimizing outcome absent unneeded stress accompanying such traumas.

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Products Liability Lawyers in Saint David Illinois

At Carlson Bier, we understand that dealing with incidents resulting from product liability can be a daunting process. Our experienced Illinois-based attorneys are skilled at navigating through the complexities of personal injury laws and are committed to fighting for your rights. Our comprehensive understanding of products liability is geared towards ensuring we offer top-tier legal services.

Product Liability pertains to the legal responsibility imposed on manufacturers, distributors or sellers when their products cause harm due to defects in manufacture, design or marketing strategy. The law seeks to protect consumers from dangerous goods in the market. It does so by holding accountable those responsible if a defectively designed, manufactured or marketed product causes an injury. In understanding your case’s unique needs, let us explore key areas of focus in Products Liability:

• Defective Design: This aspect focuses on inherent flaws conceived during the product’s conceptual design stage.

• Manufacturing Defects: These defects occur during the production phase causing notable differences between finished units.

• Marketing Defects: This implies instances where there’s a failure to provide adequate safety warnings about potential dangers tied with using a commodity fairly and as planned.

As Carlson Bier representatives, our priority lies in educating you about these areas – crucial in assessment of whether negligence occurred during any stage of creating or marketing said products rendered harmful to your wellbeing. We then brace ourselves to relentlessly battle it out against large companies put those harmful commodities into circulation without consideration for consumer safety.

With proper legal guidance coupled with relentless commitment and dedication displayed by Carlson Bier’s well-seasoned attorneys – achieving recompense for damages inflicted upon you stands within reach. Keeping this objective within sight calls for examination of preliminary considerations surrounding product liability cases:

• Filing Within Deadlines: An essential starting point is acknowledging that Illinois state law establishes specific deadlines known as statutes of limitations within which compensation claims must be filed after sustaining an injury.

• Evidence Collection & Analysis: Gathering critical evidence forms a critical step of our representation and involves skilled evaluation of the product, records or making consultations with experts.

• Determination of Liability: Identifying liable parties fundamentally weighs upon results achieved. This could range from the product’s designer to its manufacturer, distributor, seller, those responsible for labeling or even an involved third-party entity.

By leveraging our well-honed expertise regarding these milestones, Carlson Bier assures you that your products liability litigation needs will be met in the most professional manner – pursuing those at-fault relentlessly. Taking established law provisions into account forms a critical component for successfully attaining fair compensation claims for clients embroiled in complex Product Liability lawsuits.

Determined to afford tangible legal solutions when grappling with repercussions of defective commodities use- we’re devoted to providing exceptional services aligning with core principles forming part of Carlson Bier’s DNA: Justice, Tenacity and Compassion. As stalwarts forged in this field over years of practice on similar cases – rest assured that your fight becomes ours as soon as you entrust us with your case.

Questions about whether or not you have a legitimate claim? Wondering what recourse steps are available after such life-altering incidents? Concerned about possible compensation amounts linked to damages incurred following harmful encounter with defective goods?

Our esteemed legal team is ready! We warmly invite you explore this further by clicking on the button below. An analysis rooted in meticulous assessment aimed at enlightening you on just what your case might be worth awaits! At Carlson Bier, we believe in pulling together towards guiding each client through their journey back towards restoration; healing evoked from achieving justice served. Begin this worthwhile quest today partnering with us!

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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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Product Liability FAQ​

Product liability is the legal responsibility of manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and suppliers for injuries caused by defective products.

The three main types of product liability claims are:

  • Manufacturing defects: These defects occur during the manufacturing process and cause the product to be unsafe.
  • Design defects: These defects exist in the design of the product and make it inherently unsafe.
  • Marketing defects: These defects occur when the manufacturer or seller fails to adequately warn consumers about the dangers of the product.

The signs and symptoms of a product liability injury can vary depending on the type of product that caused the injury. However, some common signs and symptoms include:

  • Physical injuries: These could include cuts, bruises, burns, fractures, and other injuries.
  • Property damage: This could include damage to your home, car, or other belongings.
  • Economic losses: These could include lost wages, medical expenses, and other financial losses.

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

  • Surgery: Surgery may be required to repair injuries that were caused by a defective product.
  • Physical therapy: Physical therapy may be required to help patients regain their strength and mobility after suffering an injury.
  • Occupational therapy: Occupational therapy may be required to help patients learn to perform activities of daily living after suffering an injury.
  • Medications: Medications may be required to treat pain and other symptoms of product liability injuries.

Yes, you may be able to file a lawsuit for a product liability injury if you have been injured due to a defective product. A product liability 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 Saint David

Bike Accidents

Dedicated to legal representation for victims injured in bicycle accidents due to negligent parties' indifference or risky conditions.

Burn Wounds

Supplying skilled legal services for sufferers of major burn injuries caused by mishaps or carelessness.

Medical Malpractice

Extending expert legal advice for individuals affected by hospital malpractice, including misdiagnosis.

Merchandise Responsibility

Taking on cases involving problematic products, extending adept legal support to individuals affected by product malfunctions.

Geriatric Abuse

Representing the rights of aged individuals who have been subjected to mistreatment in nursing homes environments, ensuring protection.

Slip and Tumble Injuries

Specialist in addressing fall and trip accident cases, providing legal assistance to sufferers seeking redress for their harm.

Childbirth Wounds

Offering legal assistance for loved ones affected by medical carelessness resulting in birth injuries.

Auto Accidents

Incidents: Concentrated on aiding clients of car accidents get just recompense for harms and destruction.

Scooter Crashes

Expert in providing legal support for riders involved in bike accidents, ensuring just recovery for losses.

Semi Accident

Ensuring experienced legal representation for victims involved in trucking accidents, focusing on securing adequate recovery for hurts.

Building Site Accidents

Focused on advocating for workers or bystanders injured in construction site accidents due to safety violations or misconduct.

Brain Traumas

Expert in providing expert legal assistance for patients suffering from neurological injuries due to carelessness.

K9 Assault Injuries

Specialized in managing cases for persons who have suffered traumas from canine attacks or animal assaults.

Foot-traveler Mishaps

Focused on legal support for joggers involved in accidents, providing dedicated assistance for recovering recovery.

Unjust Passing

Standing up for families affected by a wrongful death, delivering empathetic and adept legal services to ensure redress.

Vertebral Damage

Expert in representing persons with spinal cord injuries, offering compassionate legal guidance to secure compensation.

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