Birmingham Personal Injury Attorney FAQs

Get medical care first, even if you feel fine, because some injuries take days to show up. Call the police so there is an official report, take photos of the vehicles and the scene, and get names and numbers from any witnesses. Avoid giving a recorded statement to the other driver's insurance company until you have spoken with an auto accident attorney. Learn more on our auto accidents page.

Tractor-trailer crashes on I-20/59 and I-459 involve trucking companies, their insurers, and federal safety rules that ordinary car wrecks do not. Evidence like driver logs, maintenance records, and the truck's electronic data can disappear quickly if no one acts to preserve it. A trucking accident attorney knows what to request and how fast to move. Visit our trucking accidents page for details.

Often, yes. Property owners in Alabama have a duty to keep their premises reasonably safe and to warn visitors about hazards they know about or should have found. A premises liability lawyer will look at whether the owner knew about the spill, broken step, or poor lighting, and how long it was there. Report the fall, photograph the hazard, and read more on our slip and fall accidents page.

Yes. Alabama law lets injured consumers hold manufacturers and sellers responsible when a faulty product causes harm, even without having to prove a specific person was careless. A product liability lawyer looks closely at the design, manufacturing process, and warnings that came with the product. Learn more on our defective product accidents page.

If the driver who hit you had no insurance, or not enough, your own uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage may pay for your injuries. Your own insurer is now on the other side, though, and it may still try to pay as little as possible. An uninsured motorist lawyer can review your policy, including whether you have coverage on more than one vehicle. See our uninsured motorist claims page.

In Alabama, a wrongful death action is generally brought by the personal representative of the person's estate. Alabama's wrongful death law is unusual because damages are meant to punish the wrongdoer, which makes the strength of the evidence especially important. A wrongful death lawyer can help your family understand the process during a very hard time. Visit our wrongful death claims page.

Alabama sets strict filing deadlines, and for many injury cases the window is shorter than people expect. Alabama also follows contributory negligence, which means the other side may argue you share even a small part of the blame and should recover nothing. Talking with a negligence lawyer early protects your options. Our personal injury page explains the claims we handle.

Medical malpractice generally means a doctor, nurse, or other provider failed to meet the standard of care that a similar provider would have followed, and that failure caused harm. Common examples include a missed or delayed diagnosis, medication errors, and birth injuries. A bad outcome alone is not always malpractice. A medical negligence lawyer can tell you whether your case meets that standard. Learn more on our medical malpractice page.

Sometimes. A hospital may be responsible for errors by its employees, such as nurses and staff, and for problems like understaffing or unsafe policies. Whether a particular doctor counts as a hospital employee depends on the facts. A hospital negligence lawyer will sort out who is responsible. Visit our medical malpractice page.

Surgical errors include wrong-site surgery, instruments left inside the body, and nerve or organ damage that should not have happened. Alabama generally requires testimony from a qualified medical expert who practices in the same field. A medical malpractice attorney works with those experts to show what went wrong. See our medical malpractice page.

As soon as you suspect an error. Alabama's medical malpractice deadlines are strict, and the outside limit can apply even if you did not discover the harm right away. Gathering records and expert reviews also takes time. Talk with our team through our medical malpractice page.