Wettermark Keith has a Montgomery office on Zelda Road 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, logging truck, or other commercial vehicle anywhere in the River Region – from I-65 north toward Prattville to the I-65/I-85 interchange downtown, US-80 west toward Selma, or I-85 east through Pike Road and Tuskegee – our attorneys are ready to hear your story. Call us today or complete the form to start your free case review.
Montgomery's interstate corridors are among the busiest freight routes in Alabama – and trucking companies move fast to protect themselves.
A tractor-trailer jackknifes at the I-65/I-85 interchange during an afternoon River Region thunderstorm and crushes the cars in front of it. A fatigued long-haul driver drifts across the centerline on I-85 east of Mt. Meigs. A delivery truck runs a red light on Eastern Boulevard near the Eastchase shopping district 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 Baptist Medical Center or Jackson 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 under Ala. Code § 6-2-38. Insurance adjusters know both rules, and they routinely call injured drivers within days hoping for a recorded statement that shifts blame.
How our Montgomery 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 the Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff, and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
- 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.
