Experienced Foley Attorney Serving Accident Victims

Each year, a number of Alabama residents suffer from harm caused by the misconduct or carelessness of another person or entity. Sometimes these injuries are minor, but in more serious accidents they can be life-threatening or even fatal. If you’ve been hurt because of someone else’s negligence, having the right legal team on your side can have a critical impact on your case. Based in the Foley area, dedicated accident lawyer Whit A. Thomas can help you seek the financial compensation that you need to recover. We handle all types of personal injury claims, including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, product liability, medical malpractice, and more.

Assert Your Right to Seek Compensation

People who have been hurt because of the carelessness of another can seek monetary compensation for any harm that resulted. In most instances, the victim can file a negligence claim against the at-fault party. Whether a motorist ignores a stop sign, or a store owner fails to protect customers from a wet floor, careless actions by individuals or entities regularly cause injuries. To succeed in a negligence claim against the responsible party, a victim must establish the following elements: duty, breach, causation, and damages.

The duty element refers to the obligation to use a particular standard of care to avoid risking foreseeable harm to others. It can vary in different contexts, but generally it means acting as a reasonably prudent person would behave in the same situation. After the victim establishes that the defendant had a duty of care, he or she must demonstrate that the defendant breached this obligation. This requires showing that the defendant engaged in some conduct that fell short of the appropriate standard in that situation. Once these first two steps have been taken, the victim must prove that the defendant’s breach was the direct and proximate cause of the accident and that he or she suffered costs or losses as a result.