Wettermark Keith has a Montgomery office on Zelda Road and has recovered compensation in more than 50,000 cases, including serious construction accident injuries.
If you or a loved one has been hurt on a jobsite anywhere in the River Region – from the capitol-complex and downtown redevelopment work, to the industrial corridors along I-65 and US-80, to mixed-use construction in Eastchase, Pike Road, and out through Prattville, Wetumpka, and Millbrook – our attorneys are ready to hear your story. Call us today or complete the form to start your free case review.
Montgomery's construction growth keeps workers and bystanders at serious risk – and employers move quickly to minimize their liability.
A framing worker falls through an unguarded floor opening on a multifamily project near the Eastchase corridor. A subcontractor is struck by a reversing excavator on a road widening job along Atlanta Highway. A utility worker suffers an electrical burn when a general contractor fails to lock out live equipment before sending crew onto a jobsite near the I-65/I-85 interchange. These incidents happen across Montgomery County every year, and the responsible parties have insurance teams working the moment an injury is reported.
Construction cases are different – you may have both a workers’ comp claim and a third-party lawsuit.
Alabama workers’ compensation covers medical bills and wage replacement when your employer’s negligence causes injury – but it caps your recovery and bars pain-and-suffering damages. When a third party is responsible – a general contractor, equipment manufacturer, property owner, or another subcontractor on the site – you can pursue a separate personal injury claim on top of your workers’ comp benefits. Identifying every liable party is often the most valuable work we do in construction cases.
Alabama law puts injured construction workers in one of the country’s harshest legal landscapes.
The statute of limitations for most personal injury claims in Alabama is two years from the date of injury under Ala. Code § 6-2-38, and Alabama is one of only a handful of states that still follows the pure contributory negligence rule – meaning if the insurance company can pin even 1% of the fault on you, your entire third-party claim can be barred. Adjusters and employer-side investigators know this rule, and they routinely show up at the jobsite within hours of an accident hoping for a recorded statement that shifts a sliver of blame and kills the case.
How our Montgomery attorneys build your case.
At Wettermark Keith, we act quickly to protect your right to full compensation. Our team will:
- Investigate the jobsite and preserve physical evidence, photos, and witness statements before the site is modified or cleaned up.
- Obtain OSHA inspection records, incident reports, and safety logs from state and federal regulators.
- Pull police and fire reports from the Montgomery Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff, and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
- Identify every potentially liable party – employer, general contractor, subcontractors, equipment manufacturers, and property owners.
- Work with engineering and safety experts when disputed facts require independent analysis.
- Coordinate your workers’ comp claim alongside any third-party lawsuit to maximize your total recovery.
- Build a case designed to beat Alabama’s 1% contributory-negligence trap.
We pursue compensation for medical bills, lost wages, permanent disability, pain and suffering, and – in cases involving egregious safety violations – punitive damages.
