Question 1

What personal injury case types do you cover in Alabama?

Accepted Answer

Premises liability and slip and fall are our headline Alabama categories: big-box and grocery (Walmart, Target, Costco, Publix, Winn-Dixie, Piggly Wiggly), restaurant and hotel, parking lot, apartment complex, and shopping-center files. We also cover auto / car accident, truck and 18-wheeler, motorcycle, rideshare (Uber and Lyft), pedestrian and bicyclist, dog bite (dual framework: Ala. Code § 3-1-3 one-bite plus § 3-6-1 strict-liability statute), wrongful death (Ala. Code § 6-5-410, punitive-only), and workplace and construction injuries.

Question 2

How does Alabama premises liability law work?

Accepted Answer

Alabama retains common-law visitor classifications: invitee, licensee, and trespasser. Invitees (the typical retail or restaurant customer) are owed the highest duty: a duty of reasonable care, including reasonable inspection for non-obvious hazards. Licensees are owed a duty to warn of known hidden hazards. Trespassers receive only a duty against willful or wanton injury. Alabama's contributory negligence rule applies in full force: 1% plaintiff fault on a slip-and-fall (failure to look, walking too fast, distracted by phone) bars recovery entirely. That makes prior-complaint discovery, surveillance preservation, and incident-report status uniquely outcome-determinative on Alabama premises files.

Question 3

How does Alabama's dual dog-bite framework work?

Accepted Answer

Alabama is unusual in maintaining BOTH common-law one-bite liability (Ala. Code § 3-1-3) AND a separate strict-liability dog statute (Ala. Code § 3-6-1). Under § 3-1-3, an owner is liable for injuries caused by a "vicious or dangerous animal" only if the owner had previous knowledge of the animal's mischievous propensity. Under § 3-6-1, an owner is strictly liable when an unprovoked dog bites a person who has a legal right to be at the place of the bite, BUT § 3-6-1 has a mitigation provision: if the owner had no knowledge of vicious propensities, damages are limited to the actual expenses incurred (effectively economic damages only). Practically, full noneconomic recovery in Alabama dog-bite cases typically requires evidence of the owner's prior knowledge of dangerous propensities. The 2-year general PI SOL applies.

Question 4

How much do Alabama premises liability and slip-and-fall leads cost?

Accepted Answer

Alabama premises and slip-and-fall lead pricing tracks the Google Ads auction. Personal injury commercial-intent CPCs across Alabama generally run $40 to $150, with metro Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, and Montgomery at the top end and rural counties meaningfully lower.

Question 5

What is the statute of limitations for Alabama personal injury claims?

Accepted Answer

Two years from the date of injury under Ala. Code § 6-2-38 for most personal injury claims, including premises, slip and fall, dog bite, auto, and product liability. Wrongful death also runs on a 2-year clock under Ala. Code § 6-5-410. Med-mal is 2 years from injury with a 4-year repose under § 6-5-482. The Alabama State Tort Claims Act (Ala. Code § 41-9-60 et seq.) and the Board of Adjustment process require specific filings before suit on government claims.

Question 6

How does Alabama's contributory negligence rule affect premises and PI cases?

Accepted Answer

Alabama is one of only four US jurisdictions (with North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia) that maintain pure contributory negligence. Williams v. Delta International Machinery Corp., 619 So. 2d 1330 (Ala. 1993) reaffirmed the 162-year-old doctrine. On premises files, defendants routinely argue open-and-obvious or that the visitor failed to keep a proper lookout. 1% plaintiff fault completely bars recovery. That makes pre-delivery fault screening (independent witnesses, surveillance preservation, traffic-control evidence, incident-report status) substantially more valuable in Alabama than in any other fault regime.

Question 7

Does Alabama cap noneconomic damages on premises or PI cases?

Accepted Answer

Compensatory damages on standard PI cases (auto, premises, slip-and-fall, dog bite) are not capped. Punitive damages are capped under Ala. Code § 6-11-21 at the greater of $500,000 or 3x compensatory damages, with a $1.5M ceiling for non-physical-injury cases. The punitive cap does NOT apply to wrongful death actions (which under § 6-5-410 permit ONLY punitive damages and produce some of the largest Alabama verdicts) or to claims by minors under 13. Med-mal noneconomic damages were capped at $400K but the cap was struck down in Moore v. Mobile Infirmary (1991); med-mal noneconomic damages are now uncapped.

Question 8

Are Alabama leads pre-screened against the 2-year SOL and contributory negligence?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every Alabama lead is screened for SOL position, representation status, injury, and fault context (independent witnesses, surveillance, traffic-control evidence, incident-report status). Premises and slip-and-fall leads include surface-condition context (water, debris, lighting, prior-complaint indicators). Auto leads include fault-context flags critical given contributory negligence.

Question 9

Can I target specific Alabama counties?

Accepted Answer

Yes. All 67 counties. Highest sustained PI claim volume comes from Jefferson (Birmingham), Mobile, Madison (Huntsville), Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Baldwin (Daphne, Fairhope, Foley, Gulf Shores), Shelby (Hoover, Pelham, Alabaster), Lee (Auburn, Opelika), Houston (Dothan), and Etowah (Gadsden). Jefferson and Mobile are considered the most plaintiff-friendly Alabama venues for tort cases.

Question 10

Any contracts, minimums, or setup fees?

Accepted Answer

None. No monthly minimums, no subscriptions, no setup fees for standard onboarding. Pay per lead. Pause or resume anytime. Invalid leads are replaced under our standard policy.

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