Wettermark Keith was founded in downtown Birmingham and has recovered compensation in more than 50,000 personal injury cases.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a crash with a semi, 18-wheeler, delivery truck, or other commercial vehicle anywhere in the Huntsville metro – from the I-565 corridor through downtown to the I-65 freight route west of Athens, from Madison and Research Park to Decatur, Hampton Cove, and Hazel Green – our attorneys are ready to hear your story. Call us today or complete the form to start your free case review.
North Alabama's interstates and US highways are among the state's busiest freight corridors – and trucking companies move fast to protect themselves.
A tractor-trailer jackknifes on I-565 during a Tennessee Valley downpour and crushes the car in front of it. A fatigued long-haul driver drifts across the centerline on Memorial Parkway (US-231) south of town. A delivery truck runs a red light near Bridge Street and t-bones a family on the way home.
Why commercial truck cases are different from ordinary car accidents.
The trucks weigh 20 to 30 times more than a passenger vehicle. The drivers and carriers are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). And the insurance policies routinely carry limits in the millions – which is exactly why trucking companies and their insurers deploy rapid-response investigators to crash scenes, sometimes within hours, to build a defense before you've even left the hospital.
Alabama law gives injured victims two hard deadlines.
The state follows a strict contributory negligence rule – meaning even 1% of fault assigned to you can bar recovery entirely. And the statute of limitations for most crash claims is two years from the date of the wreck. Insurance adjusters know both rules, and they routinely call injured drivers within days hoping for a recorded statement that shifts blame.
How our Huntsville attorneys build your case.
At Wettermark Keith, we take on the trucking companies and insurers so you don't have to. Our team will:
- Preserve the truck's black-box ECM data before the carrier can overwrite it.
- Subpoena hours-of-service logs, dashcam footage, and maintenance records.
- Pull police reports from Madison County and the Alabama State Troopers.
- Identify every potentially liable party – driver, motor carrier, broker, shipper, maintenance contractor, parts manufacturer.
- Build a case designed to survive Alabama's contributory negligence defense.
We handle claims for medical bills, lost wages, vehicle damage, pain and suffering, and – in cases involving FMCSA violations, impairment, or wanton conduct – punitive damages.
