Alabama Personal Injury Attorney

If you’ve suffered a significant personal injury due to the wrongful acts of someone else, it’s crucial that you hire a personal injury attorney to help you. An unexpected accident or injury can turn your life upside down. In the days and weeks that follow, things can be chaotic and overwhelming. If your injuries are severe, you might spend a considerable amount of time in the hospital or be forced to miss time at work. To get better, you’ll really need to focus your time and attention on yourself. That’s tough to do when you’re also trying to pursue compensation or deal with insurance companies on your own. Chances are this is the first time you’ve had to deal with a serious injury claim. It just makes sense that you’re better of hiring someone, such as the personal injury attorneys at Lattof & Lattof, P.C., who deal with these types of claims on a daily basis. Injury claims are not just something we do – it’s ALL that we do!.

With our help, you’re not alone in getting the compensation you deserve. The personal injury attorneys at Lattof & Lattof, P.C., care about you. Let us take care of your legal claim so that you can take care of yourself getting well. We’ll investigate and gather the information that’s needed to maximize your recovery. We’ll do battle with insurers and work to secure a swift and substantial settlement on your behalf. We’ll keep you in the loop, but we’ll do the heavy lifting. You just focus on getting better.

There’s one thing insurance companies don’t want you to do after an accident in Alabama or anywhere and that’s to hire a personal injury lawyer. Once you get a lawyer involved, things instantly  change. Insurance adjusters can no longer get away with being manipulative. and deceptive. They can’t rely on scare tactics and fear to frighten you into accepting a low settlement. When you’re represented by a personal injury lawyer, insurance companies have to play by the rules, act in good faith, and give your claim fair consideration because we’ll take them to task if they don’t.

Insurance companies especially don’t want you to enlist the help of Lattof & Lattof, P.C. Why? Injury victims in Alabama have been calling our attorneys for over 70 years and we are well-known for being fierce and relentless advocates for injury victims. We work hard to get top results for our clients. We don’t back down and don’t advise our clients to accept less money than their cases are worth. Instead, we prepare every case we handle as if we’re definitely going to trial. And, when necessary, we won’t hesitate to go all the way with your case. Our reputation and demonstrated record of success can be a huge asset to you from the start. 

How much is your personal injury case worth? Who gets to decide? Unless you’re represented by an experienced personal injury attorney, you risk giving the insurance company control over the answer. And, that’s the last thing you want to do. Insurance companies will invest considerable time and resources into either denying your claim or driving down its value.

You can prevent insurance companies from doing that by making sure that your claim is backed by facts and proof. Better yet, make sure that your claim is backed by information and testimony from reputable specialists and professionals. Lattof & Lattof, P.C., has spent more than seven decades working to establish relationships with experts in and around Alabama. We’ll rely on their expertise as we investigate, build, and value your case. This way, we are able to really get to the bottom of what happened and determine what your case is worth. Insurers won’t be able to deny your demands in good faith when we take the time to do this.

Following an accident or unexpected injury, the parties at fault rarely rush forward to accept responsibility. Rather, they’ll probably try to point fingers and cast blame. They’ll even try to blame you. Here’s the problem – if you don’t fight back and defend yourself, you can lose the right to recover the compensation you deserve.

Unlike most states, Alabama has strict contributory negligence rules. This means that if you’re even 1% at fault in an accident, you are completely barred from recovering anything, even if the other party is 99% at fault. It’s an unfair law, but until the state legislature changes it, that’s what we have to deal with in Alabama. That’s why it is especially critical to stand up and fight any allegations that you played any role in causing your own injuries. Our attorneys are prepared to do whatever it takes to disprove allegations that could put your financial recovery in danger.

After an accident, you might not think that you can afford to hire an attorney. Between medical bills and lost wages, you’ve found yourself in an incredibly stressful financial situation. At Lattof & Lattof, P.C., we don’t want money to stand between you and the legal assistance you deserve. That’s why our Alabama personal injury law firm works on contingency.

It’s pretty simple – there is no fee unless and until we win your case. We assume the risks and front the costs associated with your case. You pay us nothing until we negotiate a settlement or win an award on your behalf. When that happens, our attorneys receive a set percentage of your monetary recovery.

You have nothing to lose when you ask for our help. So, don’t hesitate to give our law office in Alabama a call to arrange a time to discuss your case. As always, there is no cost for your initial case assessment.

Following an accident in Alabama, you can take a hit financially. Economic damages are paid to make up for your verifiable financial and economic costs. This can include monetary damages for:

• Medical bills, including hospitalization, surgery, medication, and medical devices
• Rehabilitation and therapy
• Nursing care
• Lost income and wages
• Temporary and/or permanent disability, and
• Property damage.

Financially speaking, you should be back in the position you were in before you got hurt. In most cases, there are no limits to how much you can recover in economic damages. However, there are some exceptions. Our attorneys can help you understand what exceptions might apply to your case.

Not all of the consequences of an accident can be valued in terms of dollars and cents. Some are very intimate and personal. They’re subjective and don’t come with a price tag. Non-economic awards are intended to compensate for these types of harms. Common examples include:

• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Loss of consortium
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Disfigurement
• Scarring, and
• Embarrassment.

Insurance companies will want to downplay the distress and suffering your accident has caused, while you’ll want to highlight it. Since these damages are highly subjective, it is critical to enlist the aid of experts during the valuation process.

Note that there are caps on non-economic damages in some personal injury cases, particularly those involving negligent medical professionals, small businesses, or municipalities.

Some personal injury victims will also be entitled to seek an award of punitive damages after an accident in Alabama. These are damages are paid for the sole purpose of punishing the at-fault party. Punitive damages are paid in addition to and on top of compensatory (i.e., economic and non-economic) awards.

Since these damages are intended to be a punishment, they are reserved for situations where punishment is really warranted. Under Alabama state law, punitive awards are only available in situations where it can be proven that a defendant’s conduct was deliberate or conscious with fraud, malice, oppression, or wantonness.

In Alabama, punitive awards must be no greater than three times the amount of compensatory damages. There is a hard cap of $1.5 million for punitive damages in all personal injury matters.