Montgomery Personal Injury & Wrongful Death in Alabama

Understanding Montgomery personal injury is vital to protecting yourself and your family in the event of an injury or wrongful death in Alabama. Frank M. Wilson, P.C. has successfully represented clients in a wide range of cases, including the family of a child killed in a drainage ditch at a construction site.

Although amounts in individual cases of injury in Montgomery and accidental death in Alabama remain confidential by court order, the cases described below involved settlements and verdicts in excess of $150 million in Montgomery and other areas of Alabama.

On-the-job injuries in Montgomery, Alabama

Workers are required to perform dangerous jobs on a daily basis. Many are injured. In addition to the small amounts paid by workers compensation, in many such cases there are claims against others to provide more compensation to the worker. Montgomery wrongful death lawyer Frank M. Wilson has handled a wide range of cases involving injury in Montgomery, including:

• A $5 million jury verdict for a truck accident in which the driver was killed when his vehicle came in contact with a utility power line
• An iron worker who suffered a severe brain injury in a fall on a construction site
• A significant settlement against the manufacturer of a dump truck when a garbage worker was killed in a truck accident
• A large settlement for a long-haul trucker killed when her truck caught fire after a truck accident
• A large settlement for a severely brain-injured 20-year-old who fell while performing work at a paper mill
• A large settlement for the widow of an electrician killed by electrocution while working on a job site. The Alabama wrongful death case involved novel theories against the land owner and general contractor.

Products liability

When a defective product causes a Montgomery injury to an individual, the companies that manufactured and/or sold the product may be held responsible for the injury. Representative cases include these verdicts and settlements:

• A child suffering brain injuries when the back of an automobile seat failed in a collision
• An individual who was badly burned while using a home welding kit
• The wrongful death of a child in a defectively designed baby crib
• A $1 million jury verdict for a child killed on an off-road motorcycle
• A $600,000 jury verdict for defective stucco material placed on a new home
• Settlement of a claim against a major drug manufacturer for failure to warn of the dangers of using an arthritis medicine
• Settlement for the family of a dialysis patient who died during treatment. The claim was successfully litigated against three international medical device manufacturers and a nationwide dialysis clinic chain.
• Settlement of a claim against the manufacturer of a commercial truck for failure to install a safety device to protect in front-end collisions. The claim was the first of its kind.
• Numerous settlements against automobile manufacturers for rollovers of SUVs or trucks
• Settlement of a claim for the death of a long-haul trucker against a national manufacturer for an electrical fire after a collision
• A life-changing settlement against a major automobile manufacturer for two young children badly brain injured in an automobile collision

Alabama accidental death & personal injury from car and truck accidents

Every day many people are killed or injured in car and truck wrecks. Alabama trucking accident attorney Frank M. Wilson is very aware that many of these cases of Alabama accidental death could have been avoided. Most everyone is familiar with a simple accident in which one driver negligently injuries another. There can also be very valuable claims, even in smaller Montgomery personal injury cases involving car accidents, against manufacturers who have negligently designed the vehicles or against road contractors who have negligently designed or constructed the roadway, creating a dangerous condition. The Montgomery personal injury law firm of Frank M. Wilson, P.C. has handled all these types of claims involving accidental death and personal injuries in Montgomery, Alabama. The firm has won settlements for:

• A child suffering brain injuries in an automobile collision
• Numerous cases for families of individuals who were killed in automobile collisions
• The driver of an SUV paralyzed when her vehicle left the road as a result of defective workmanship and failure to provide adequate warning signs by a road contractor and its subcontractors

Call us for Montgomery, Alabama personal injury & wrongful death help

For cases involving Montgomery personal injury, Frank M. Wilson, P.C. offers legal solutions to protect your rights and redress the wrongs done to you and your family or friends. Call or contact our office for a free initial consultation. Call us toll-free at 1.800.653.4342 or on our local phone line of 334.263.2560, or reach out to us online for a complimentary consultation.