Oneonta, Cleveland, Locust Fork and Blount County
Forstman & Cutchen, LLP has served injured Alabamians from Birmingham since 1967, bringing unrelenting advocacy to families in Oneonta, Cleveland, Locust Fork and Blount County. Our injury law firm focuses on three areas of law: personal injury, workers' compensation and medical malpractice.
Local Injury Cases
Blount County life runs on two-lane highways and long commutes. Many residents drive AL-75 or I-65 into Birmingham every morning, while US-231 and AL-79 carry farm equipment, logging rigs and poultry trucks through Oneonta, Cleveland and Locust Fork. Narrow shoulders, sharp curves near the Locust Fork River and heavy trucks sharing the road with family cars lead to serious collisions. When that happens, you need a car accident lawyer or truck accident lawyer who knows how these cases are built and defended.
Work here is physical. Poultry houses, processing lines, farms, timber and construction jobs put Blount County workers at risk of falls, crush injuries, machine accidents and years of repetitive strain. A workplace injury can cost you your paycheck long before the insurance company decides whether to pay. Our workers compensation lawyers push for the medical care and work injury benefits Alabama law provides, and when claims are denied, our workplace injury lawyers and work accident lawyers help clients fight for workers compensation claims through appeal if necessary.
If a delayed diagnosis, surgical error or medication mistake made your condition worse, a medical malpractice lawyer can review your records and tell you whether you have a claim. A hospital negligence lawyer on our team can help you pursue medical malpractice claims for injuries caused by surgical centers, clinics or hospitals across Blount County. Alabama's filing deadlines are short, and its contributory negligence rule can bar recovery if you are found even slightly at fault. That is why it pays to call early, before evidence fades and the other side builds its story.
Narrow shoulders, sharp curves and long commutes make these highways a common setting for serious wrecks. We handle crash cases across the Smoke Rise, Hayden and Blountsville areas.
Tractor-trailers, logging trucks and poultry haulers share Blount County's two-lane roads with family cars, and the results can be devastating. We build truck accident cases with an understanding of how the other side defends them.
Falls, crush injuries, machine accidents and repetitive strain are real risks in Blount County's physical jobs. We push for the medical care and work injury benefits Alabama law provides, and we fight denied claims through appeal if necessary.
A fall at a store or business can leave you with serious injuries and unexpected bills. We help injured visitors in Oneonta and Cleveland hold careless property owners accountable.
A delayed diagnosis, surgical error or medication mistake can make your condition worse instead of better. We review your records and tell you whether you have a medical malpractice claim.
When someone you love dies because of another's carelessness, your family may have the right to pursue a wrongful death claim. We stand with families through every step of that fight.
Our Practice Areas
Our practice is focused on three areas of law. That focus means your case gets attorneys who handle injury claims every day, from the first insurance call to the Blount County Courthouse in Oneonta if your case needs to go to trial.
We handle auto accidents, trucking accidents, slip and fall accidents and defective product accidents. When the at-fault driver carries little or no coverage, our uninsured motorist claims team goes after your own policy. We also pursue negligence claims and wrongful death cases for grieving families.
Our workers compensation attorneys fight denied and delayed claims for work-related accidents, head trauma injuries, neurological injuries and spinal cord injuries. We also represent workers living with paraplegia and quadriplegia, repetitive stress injuries and hand and foot injuries.
A medical negligence lawyer from our firm can review whether your care fell below the accepted standard. We evaluate misdiagnosis, birth injuries, surgical mistakes and hospital negligence cases for patients and families across Blount County.
Client Reviews
These reviews come from people who trusted us with their injury compensation claims from car accidents, workplace injuries and medical malpractice claims alike. Read what working with our team is like before you pick up the phone.
A 5-star review from a client of Forstman & Cutchen, LLP.
Hurt in Blount County?
Whether you were hit on US-231 outside Cleveland, hurt in a poultry house near Oneonta or harmed by a medical mistake, the insurance company already has people working against you. Call our Birmingham office at 2 Perimeter Park South, Suite 410E, Birmingham, AL 35243, open 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, with after hours and weekends by appointment. Tell us what happened, and we will tell you where your case stands.
