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A driver turned left across your lane on I-65, or drifted into you on I-20/59, and now you are the one in a hospital bed. Riders in Birmingham know the pattern: the driver “never saw the bike,” and the adjuster treats the rider as the problem. The Wilson PC’s Birmingham motorcycle accident lawyers have earned over 1400+ excellent reviews and recovered millions for injured clients, and we know how to prove a rider did everything right.
Riders are one group among many we represent here; start at our Birmingham office to see the full range of injury claims we take on across Jefferson County.
No Worries About Paying Upfront
A motorcycle crash can mean months off work. You owe us nothing unless we win your Birmingham motorcycle accident case; the fee comes out of the recovery.
No Language Barriers
We answer 24/7 in English and Español. If you are still at UAB Hospital, we will come to you or meet by video.
Don’t Accept Less – Let Us Deal with the Insurance Companies
Alabama is a contributory negligence state, and adjusters lean on the stereotype that riders are reckless. One careless sentence about your speed or your lane position can be used to deny the entire claim. Let us handle every call from the insurer.
Motorcyclists have no crumple zone. When a car merges into a rider at the I-65 / I-20/59 interchange downtown or a pickup runs a light in Hoover, the rider absorbs the impact, and the injuries are measured in surgeries, not repair estimates. Alabama recorded 140,118 crashes, 36,601 injuries and 967 deaths in 2024 according to the ALDOT 2024 Alabama Crash Facts report; Jefferson County alone had 103 traffic fatalities that year.
The law makes a rider’s case harder than a driver’s. Alabama follows pure contributory negligence, so an insurer that can pin any share of fault on the rider can refuse to pay at all. Alabama also has a universal helmet law under Ala. Code § 32-5A-245, and the Guest Statute, § 32-1-2, limits what a passenger can recover from the operator of the bike. Insurers know these rules and use them.
The Wilson PC has handled injury claims for more than 13+ years. We build a Birmingham motorcycle accident case around the facts that matter: the driver’s failure to yield, the driver’s phone, the sight lines at the intersection, and the medical record that ties your injuries to the crash. Our office at 420 20th St N, Suite 2200, Birmingham, AL 35203 is a short drive from anywhere in Jefferson County.
Your health comes first. After that, a few early decisions decide whether your Birmingham motorcycle accident claim survives contact with the insurance company:
You were riding through Birmingham and a driver put you on the pavement. Our job from that moment is to take the fight with the insurer off your plate and make sure the case ends with the money your recovery actually requires.
We start by reconstructing the crash: the Birmingham Police Department report, the driver’s phone records, the geometry of the intersection, the point of impact on the car. If the insurer will not pay a fair value, we file in the Jefferson County Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham Division) and try the case to a jury that sees a person, not a stereotype.
Working with us looks like this:
Road rash that needs skin grafts, a shattered tibia, a helmet cracked on the curb: these are measurable damages, and Alabama law lets a rider recover them from the driver who caused the crash. Riders frequently under-claim because the insurer values the case like a fender-bender. A Birmingham motorcycle accident lawyer makes sure the full cost of a rider’s recovery is counted.
The two main categories:
Physical Damages:
Financial Damages:
Be aware of one Alabama rule: under Ala. Code § 12-21-45, the insurer can tell the jury that health insurance paid some of your bills, and you can show what that coverage cost you and what you must pay back. We build the damages figures with that rule in mind.
Riding in Birmingham means sharing I-65, I-20/59, I-459, U.S. 31, U.S. 280 and the Red Mountain Expressway with drivers who are looking for cars, not motorcycles. The most common motorcycle crash is a vehicle turning left across a rider’s path, and it happens at intersections all over Birmingham. The Birmingham Police Department investigates crashes inside the city, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and state troopers cover the rest of Jefferson County, and in 2024 the county recorded 103 traffic deaths.
Local knowledge matters more in a motorcycle case than almost any other. We know which intersections have sight-line problems, which businesses keep camera footage, which Birmingham-area surgeons treat riders, and how juries in the Jefferson County Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham Division) respond to a well-documented rider claim. We also know the two arguments every adjuster reaches for, contributory negligence and the helmet, and we prepare for both from day one.
The Wilson PC has helped thousands of injured people, including riders who were told by an insurer that they had no case. Many of them did.
The Wilson PC Personal Injury Attorneys – Let Us Get You the Settlement You Deserve
If you are not sure whether your Birmingham motorcycle crash is a case, call (205) 938-4869. The consultation is free and confidential, and we will tell you plainly where you stand.
Need a motorcycle accident lawyer near Birmingham, AL? The Wilson PC’s Birmingham office is on 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham, a few blocks from Linn Park and the Jefferson County Courthouse. We meet riders by phone, by video, in person or at the hospital while you are still recovering.
We have won MILLIONS for clients injured on Alabama roads.
Whether the driver was on a phone, ran a light, or was drinking, the law entitles you to be made whole, and wanton conduct such as drunk driving can support punitive damages.
We’ve Won Millions for People Just Like You!
A Birmingham motorcycle accident claim rests on four elements, and in Alabama a fifth job comes with them: proving the rider was not negligent at all.
Every driver in Alabama owes other road users, including motorcyclists, a duty of care: to look before turning, to check mirrors before changing lanes on I-65, and to yield when the law says yield.
Turning left in front of an oncoming bike, drifting across a lane line, or driving with a phone in hand in violation of Alabama’s hands-free law are each a breach of that duty. “I did not see the motorcycle” is an admission, not an excuse.
The breach must have caused your injuries. We prove it with the crash report, the impact points on both vehicles, witness accounts and, where fault is disputed, a reconstruction expert.
You must also show measurable damages: medical bills, lost income, the bike, pain and suffering. And because Alabama follows contributory negligence, we prove that nothing you did contributed to the crash, or that the driver was wanton or had the last clear chance to avoid you.
Because in a motorcycle case the insurer starts with an advantage. Many adjusters and some jurors assume riders speed, weave and take chances, and Alabama’s contributory negligence rule means the insurer only has to prove you contributed to the crash, not that you caused it. A casual comment about how fast you were going or where you were in the lane can be the whole defense.
Insurers also delay, wait for the bills to pile up, and then make a low offer when you are most likely to take it. They know most riders are not familiar with UM/UIM stacking, the Guest Statute, punitive damages for wanton drivers, or the two-year filing deadline.
A Birmingham motorcycle accident lawyer levels the field. We take every call, preserve the footage and the bike, document your injuries with Birmingham-area doctors, and present a demand the insurer knows we are willing to try in the Jefferson County Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham Division).
Our Birmingham office is on 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham, a few blocks from Linn Park and the Jefferson County Courthouse, at 420 20th St N, Suite 2200, Birmingham, AL 35203. There is parking close by, and if a leg fracture or surgery keeps you from traveling, we will meet you by phone or video or come to the hospital. Call (205) 938-4869 to set a time.
Call 911. Alabama law requires an immediate report of any injury crash to Birmingham Police Department inside the city, or to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office or state troopers outside it, and the officer’s report becomes the foundation of your claim. Accept transport to UAB Hospital even if you think you can walk it off; adrenaline hides fractures and internal injuries. Before the scene is cleared, photograph the car, the bike, the intersection and the driver’s turn signal, and collect witness names. Keep your helmet and gear unwashed and unrepaired. Then call us before you speak to any adjuster, including your own insurer.
We handle the case so you can handle the recovery. Here is what that means:
Alabama’s deadline for a personal injury lawsuit is two years from the date of the crash under Ala. Code § 6-2-38, and a wrongful death claim must be brought within two years of the death. If a road hazard or a city vehicle caused your crash, the clock is much shorter: a sworn claim against the City of Birmingham must be presented within six months, and a claim against Jefferson County within twelve months.
In a motorcycle case the practical deadline is earlier still. The bike gets scrapped, the business camera loops over, and the driver’s story hardens. Contact us as soon as you are able.
Alabama still follows pure contributory negligence: if the insurer proves you were negligent in any degree and that negligence contributed to the crash, you can recover nothing. For riders, the insurer’s go-to claims are speed, lane position, dark clothing and “he came out of nowhere.”
The rule has limits. It is no defense when the driver was wanton, acting with reckless or conscious disregard for your safety, which is how Alabama courts treat drunk driving. The last clear chance doctrine can preserve the claim when the driver had the final opportunity to avoid you. And because the defense is a jury question in most cases, the quality of the evidence decides it. That is why we gather it before the adjuster does.
Everything the crash cost you. That begins with trauma care and surgery at UAB Hospital, Grandview Medical Center, Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham or Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, follow-up orthopedic and neurological treatment, physical therapy and any future procedures your doctors expect. Lost wages count, and so does lost earning capacity if you cannot go back to the same work. The bike, the helmet and your gear are property damage.
Non-economic damages, meaning pain, suffering, scarring and the loss of the things you used to enjoy, are recoverable too, and Alabama sets no statutory cap on compensatory damages in an injury case. Where the driver was wanton, a jury may add punitive damages.
Yes, and be cautious about why the offer came so fast. Early offers in motorcycle cases are typically priced on the ER bill and the bike, not on the second surgery, the months of therapy or the job you cannot return to. Once you sign a release, the claim is closed no matter what your doctors find later.
Alabama raises the stakes: the recorded statement the adjuster wants before paying can become the contributory negligence evidence used to deny the claim. Let a Birmingham motorcycle accident lawyer read the offer first. The review is free.
Because rider injuries tend to be serious, Birmingham motorcycle cases often take longer than car cases: many resolve in nine to eighteen months, and cases that are filed in the Jefferson County Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham Division) over disputed fault or permanent injury can take longer.
We will not push you to settle before you reach maximum medical improvement, when your surgeons can say what your permanent limitations will be. A settlement signed before that point leaves future care unpaid.
Alabama requires 25/50/25 liability coverage, which is rarely enough for a rider’s injuries, and some drivers carry nothing at all. Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage on the bike or on any vehicle in your household policy can fill the gap, including after a hit-and-run. Under Ala. Code § 32-7-23, insurers must offer UM coverage unless you rejected it in writing, and coverage on up to three vehicles under one policy can be stacked.
Report a hit-and-run to Birmingham Police Department at once with every detail you remember. Leaving the scene of an injury crash is a felony in Alabama. We then pursue the UM claim against your own carrier, which will defend it as hard as any other insurer.
A rider’s case is won on evidence gathered early. We collect:
Nothing up front. The Wilson PC represents injured riders on a contingency fee, a percentage of the recovery set in writing before we begin, and we advance the costs of crash reports, medical records and experts. If we do not recover, you owe no attorney fee.
That structure lets any rider in Birmingham hire experienced counsel, whether the case settles or is tried in the Jefferson County Circuit Court (10th Judicial Circuit, Birmingham Division). Your first consultation is free.
Two separate questions, and both deserve a straight answer. On fault: Alabama’s contributory negligence rule means that if you were negligent and it contributed to the crash, the insurer can deny the claim entirely. We do not accept the adjuster’s version of that; we look for proof that you were riding lawfully, that the driver was wanton, or that the driver had the last clear chance to avoid you.
On helmets: Alabama requires every operator and passenger to wear approved headgear under Ala. Code § 32-5A-245. Riding without one does not change who caused the crash, but expect the insurer to argue it made your head injury worse. We meet that argument with medical evidence rather than hoping it does not come up. Call us before you decide you have no case.
Riders in Birmingham should choose a lawyer who has handled motorcycle cases, not just car cases. You want a firm that knows Alabama’s helmet law and Guest Statute, that has answered the contributory negligence defense in front of Jefferson County juries, and that will pick up the phone when you call.
We pursue every category of compensation Alabama law allows, and we do not leave money on the table.
We understand that money can be tight, so we work quickly to get you the compensation you deserve.
Navigating the legal system can be tricky, but we’re experts. We know all the rules and strategies to make sure your voice is heard.
We’re professionals, and we hold ourselves to high standards.
We don’t want to add to your burdens. We’ll handle everything related to your compensation, making it a hassle-free experience for you.
We’re here to support you every step of the way in your journey to recovery. If you forget to tell us something, we’ll reach out and ask.
Think of us as your hosts. We’re happy to get to know you and assist you in any way we can.
We’ll explain everything you need to know and keep you updated. You can always reach out to us if you have questions.
Contact us today if you or a loved one have been injured in an accident. Your consultation is free, quick and confidential.
Be it understanding your rights, navigating legal procedures, or fighting for your just compensation, you can depend on The Wilson PC!
