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After a crash, you may feel like the insurance adjuster has already decided you were reckless simply for riding a motorcycle. You are worried about medical bills, your recovery, and whether you will be left fighting for justice instead of healing.
As your Montgomery motorcycle accident lawyer, we don’t start with assumptions. We start with the facts. We have helped injured riders like you secure fair compensation and hold negligent drivers accountable for their actions.
Jinks Crow has represented injured Alabamians for over 40 years, and we are prepared to fight for fair compensation. Tell us what happened, and let us build the proof you need to back you up.
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Numbers do not undo a crash, but they show what is possible when a case is built the right way. These are actual results from our attorneys. Each one started the way many motorcycle accident cases do. There was an insurance company that did not want to pay what the file was really worth.
| Outcome | Case Type |
| $150,000 verdict | Motorcycle accident case, Jefferson County |
| $425,000 settlement | Personal injury case involving a trucking-caused pedestrian injury |
| $130,000 settlement | Car accident case involving a rear-end collision and back injury |
| $120,000 settlement | Truck accident case involving a lane-change wreck on I-85 |
| $75,000 verdict | Car accident case, Bullock County |
Every case is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in your case.
Motorcycle crashes rarely look the same twice. The reason for the crash usually decides who insurance blames first. Some cases turn on a single missed mirror check. Others turn on a road that should have been repaired months earlier, or a driver who never should have been on the road at all that night.
We represent Montgomery riders hurt in cases including:
It’s okay if your crash does not fit neatly into one of these categories. You do not have to figure this out on your own. Contact our Montgomery motorcycle crash attorneys for a free consultation.
Alabama is one of only a handful of states that still follows a rule called contributory negligence. Under that rule, if an insurance company can pin even a small share of blame on you, it can try to pay you nothing at all. It doesn’t matter if the other driver was primarily at fault.
For a driver in a car, that is already a hard rule. For a rider on a motorcycle, it becomes a weapon insurers use consistently. Insurance adjusters and juries sometimes assume a biker was speeding, weaving, or otherwise asking for it before they know a single fact about how the crash unfolded.
Alabama law requires riders to wear approved headgear under Alabama Code § 32-5A-245. Insurance companies know this, and some will raise it even when the helmet had nothing to do with how the crash happened or how badly you were hurt.
Failing to wear a helmet does not determine who was at fault for the crash. Instead, insurers may attempt to use this fact to argue that you contributed to the severity of your injuries. This is part of how they try to reduce the damages you receive.
Our motorcycle accident lawyers in Montgomery do not let that detail carry more weight than it deserves. We build the case around what caused your injuries, gather the proof that shows the real sequence of events, and make sure the story an adjuster tells is not the only one a jury ever hears.
Every motorcycle case we take starts the same way. We assume the full story hasn’t been told yet. Someone needs to go find it before an adjuster settles on a version that favors the other driver. To do that:
Many adjusters start there. Alabama’s contributory negligence rule gives them a reason to try it early and often. That does not mean the blame is accurate or that it will hold up. It means we need to prove what happened before that first assumption hardens into a final decision on your claim.
Not by law. However, Alabama’s contributory negligence rule makes this one of the harder claims to handle alone. A single unfair assumption about bikers can end the case before it starts. An attorney’s job is to make sure that assumption never gets the last word.
Do not sign anything yet. Insurance companies move fast because an early offer is usually a low one. They make it before your treatment is finished or your bike’s damage is fully assessed. In almost every case, once you accept, the claim is closed for good even if your injuries turn out to be worse than they seemed at first. Speaking with an attorney before you accept can help protect your right to a fair recovery.
Most civil injury lawsuits over $20,000 in Montgomery are filed in the Montgomery County Circuit Court at the Phelps-Price Justice Center on South Lawrence Street. Smaller claims may be handled in Montgomery County District Court instead.
Generally two years from the date of the crash, under Alabama Code § 6-2-38. Some situations shorten or extend that window, so it is worth confirming your exact deadline early rather than assuming you have plenty of time to decide.
That is one of the most common excuses in motorcycle cases, and it is rarely the full story. We look at sightlines, speed, lighting, and whether the driver was distracted. Saying they did not see you is an explanation, not a defense that ends the conversation.
It depends on your medical costs, lost income, the damage to your bike, and how the injury affects your life going forward. This includes any long-term care, ongoing therapy, or lost future earning capacity you may need to account for. We would rather review your specific facts than guess at a number that may not apply to you at all.
We work on a contingency basis. You owe nothing upfront and no attorney’s fees unless we recover money for you. The consultation to review your case costs nothing either.
It can. High-traffic corridors like I-85 and Eastern Boulevard often have traffic cameras, state transportation records, and more independent witnesses than a quiet side street. That additional evidence can make a real difference in proving how your crash happened.
In most cases, you have just two years to file a claim under Alabama law, but the proof that decides a motorcycle case rarely lasts that long. Skid marks fade, witnesses move, and footage gets overwritten within days.
Jinks Crow attorneys have spent more than 40 years trying accident cases in Alabama courts. We build every motorcycle claim as if it is headed to a jury, not toward a quick settlement.
Contact us today to schedule a free and confidential consultation with a Montgomery motorcycle accident lawyer. Let’s start gathering your proof while it still exists.
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