Construction Accident Lawyer in Alabama
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Trust Maples Injury Law to Fight for Your Rights
Construction sites are hazardous places, even when everyone follows safety protocols. But If you’ve been injured on a job site, Jacob A. Maples is the Construction Accident Lawyer Huntsville trusts to fight for your rights and secure the compensation you deserve. With a deep understanding of the complexities of construction accident cases, Jacob A. Maples is committed to providing expert legal representation to ensure you receive justice. Rely on a dedicated advocate who will navigate the legal challenges and stand by your side every step of the way.
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Who Can File a Construction Accident Claim?
Construction Accidents Go Beyond Construction Workers
There are many ways a construction worker can be injured on a site, such as through burns, falls, faulty equipment injuries, repetitive motion injuries, and injuries caused by vehicles. However, construction site hazards can also cause injury to non-workers who live and travel near the site. If you’re not a construction worker, you don’t have the option of filing a workers’ compensation claim. This means you need to file a construction accident claim to collect compensation for your damages. A pedestrian walking past a construction site, a driver passing through a construction zone, and a child who wanders onto a construction site are examples of non-construction workers who might qualify for a construction accident claim.
Claims for Construction Workers
If you are a construction worker injured while doing your job, you may have the option to file a straight workers’ compensation claim. This is often the fastest and easiest solution because it doesn’t require the employee to prove the employer was responsible for their injury. The less fabulous aspect of taking the workers’ comp route is that you lose your right to file a personal injury lawsuit via a construction accident claim. This means you won’t be eligible for non-economic damages, such as mental anguish, pain and suffering, loss of quality of life, and things like that. The catch here is that as a construction worker, you may not have a choice as to whether you can choose an accident claim instead of workers’ comp. To qualify for the option of a construction accident claim, you must meet specific requirements:
- Your employer had insufficient workers’ compensation
- Your workers’ comp claim was denied
- You weren’t given the option of workers’ compensation
- Your employer behaved with negligence
- You were injured as the result of your boss’s intentional misconduct
- You were hurt by a careless third party, like a general contractor or another subcontractor on the site
When an Injury Is Caused by a Defective Product or Faulty Equipment
- The product in use was defective
- The defect caused the accident
- The accident caused your injuries
- You suffered damages because of those injuries
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Wrongful Death Caused by a Construction Accident
If you have lost a loved one to a construction accident, protect your right to pursue compensation for non-economic damages through a wrongful death claim. The devastation of losing a person you love goes beyond whether you still have the means to pay the bills. The financial losses, including things like lost income and medical, funeral, and burial costs fall into the realm of economic damages. The less objective losses are no less catastrophic, however. These non-economic damages include things like loss of companionship and loss of the guidance and emotional support of the person who died. These non-economic damages impact the spouse and children in different ways, according to the relationships that were lost. If you’ve lost a loved one to a construction accident, contact our Huntsville construction accident attorney to find out your options for a wrongful death claim.
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Is It Worth it to Hire a Construction Accident Lawyer?
There are many ways hiring a lawyer can help you to receive far higher compensation than you could hope for on your own. This largely comes down to your attorney’s ability to protect the value of your claim. When you have a lawyer, the insurance company isn’t likely to get away with awarding you less than you deserve.
Ways a Construction Accident Lawyer Can Protect the Value of Your Claim:
Lawyers experienced in construction accident claims know how to conduct an effective accident investigation. This results in identifying the at-fault parties and connecting their actions to the damages you’ve suffered.
The right construction accident lawyer can correctly determine the value of your claim, so you aren’t left guessing what your award might be.
Your construction accident attorney will advocate on your behalf to protect your claim’s value from being unjustly dropped by the insurance company. With an understanding of how insurance companies save themselves money, your attorney will avoid the manipulations that often trip up the unwary accident victim.
Retaining an attorney tells the insurance company they cannot drag out or deny your claim without explanation. With a lawyer protecting your rights, the insurance company is on notice that if they fail to offer a reasonable settlement, they will be sued.
Having an attorney to guide you provides the reassurance of knowing which offers are too low to be worth your time. Any offer can be tough to walk away from when you don’t have a lawyer. With the right guidance, you’ll know when an offer is worth considering.
Hiring the right lawyer brings you the benefit of maximum time and minimum stress while you rest and heal. You are not at your best when seriously injured and likely in pain. This is not the time to figure out how to win a claim against big insurance. Alabama construction accident attorney Jacob Maples, on the other hand, will be ready. His mission is to protect injured individuals from the insurance companies who would take advantage of them.
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Jacob A. Maples
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Jacob A. Maples
Alabama injury lawyer Jacob Maples holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell; a distinction only held by approximately 10% of all attorneys. His focus is on representing individuals with personal injury claims and insurance carrier disputes. Jacob’s career began in Birmingham, Alabama, serving as an associate in an insurance defense law practice. There he gained valuable litigation experience, honing his skills across the state of Alabama. He became frustrated, however, by the treatment accident victims received and made the decision to switch sides. Jacob now represents individual clients victimized by personal injury accidents and insurance company abuses. His passion is standing up for the rights of people facing these challenges.
