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The Mobile drunk driving accident lawyers at Morris, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC represent people and families who have been devastated because a driver made the reckless decision to get behind the wheel while alcohol impaired. Your pain and heartache deserve accountability and just compensation so you can focus your time and energy on healing.
Drunk driving is not a simple mistake. Alcohol and drugs impair judgment, coordination, reaction time, and the ability to safely operate a vehicle. According to Drive Safe Alabama, 187 people lost their lives in 4,657 alcohol- or drug-related crashes in 2024. These crashes are preventable, and the people harmed deserve justice.
Our attorneys have more than 130 years of combined experience and a record that includes a $21 million jury verdict, one of the largest in Alabama history. We know this is about more than a legal claim. It’s about accountability, financial stability, and helping you and your family regain a sense of control after a serious crash threw your world into chaos.
If you or a loved one was hit by a drunk driver in Mobile, Baldwin County, or anywhere in Southwest Alabama, you may be facing painful injuries, medical bills, missed work, grief, and a long list of questions about what comes next. Call 844.654.6228 or contact our Mobile drunk driving accident attorneys online for a FREE and confidential case review. We’re ready to help.
After a serious crash, you’ve got to focus on safety and care. You might not be able to take the classic steps of exchanging information and documenting the scene, especially when the other driver appears drunk or aggressive. That’s okay. Your health comes first.
But if you or someone with you can take any of the following steps, it may help protect your rights, your well-being, and a future drunk driving injury claim.
Report the crash immediately. If you believe the other driver may be impaired, tell the dispatcher and responding officers.
If you’re seriously hurt, accept emergency medical help. Even if you are not taken by ambulance, get evaluated as soon as possible at urgent care or your doctor’s office.
If you smelled alcohol, saw open containers, heard slurred speech, or noticed unusual behavior, tell the officer. Those details will be important later.
If you’re able, or if someone with you can help, take photos or videos of the vehicles, road conditions, visible injuries, and anything that suggests alcohol use. But DO NOT put yourself in danger to gather evidence.
If a passenger, family member, or bystander can help, ask them to get names and contact information from anyone who saw the crash or noticed the other driver’s behavior.
Don’t give a recorded statement or sign anything until you’ve spoken with a Mobile DUI injury lawyer. Even when a drunk driver caused the crash, insurance companies could still look for ways to reduce what they pay. They could try to shift even a small amount of blame onto you because Alabama follows a contributory negligence rule. That means if you’re found even slightly at fault, you could be barred from recovering compensation.
Don’t argue with the impaired driver or try to handle the situation alone. Drunk drivers can be unpredictable, and your safety is more important than trying to get answers at the scene.
A DUI arrest or criminal charge may help show that the other driver was impaired, but the criminal case is about penalties against the driver. Your drunk driving injury claim is separate. It’s the civil claim that seeks compensation for your medical bills, lost income, pain, and other losses. Our team of drunk driving injury attorneys in Mobile can help you pursue a fair and just recovery.
In most Alabama personal injury cases, including drunk driving car accidents, you generally have two years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit (Alabama Code § 6-2-38). If the crash caused the death of someone you love, a wrongful death claim has to be filed within 2 years as well, usually measured from the date of their passing.
That deadline can arrive faster than you’d expect. Evidence can become harder to locate, witnesses may become more difficult to reach, and businesses may not keep surveillance footage or receipts forever. The sooner you contact a Mobile DUI accident lawyer, the sooner our team can begin working on your case.
When your life has been upended by a drunk or drug-impaired driver, the right firm can make all the difference. While you focus on your health and your family, Morris, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC can step in to handle your claim, deal with the insurance companies, and pursue the accountability that justice demands.
Drunk driving injury claims can still involve disputes over fault, damages, insurance coverage, and the full extent of your losses, even if the other driver was clearly impaired. Our Mobile DUI injury lawyers investigate carefully and prepare your case with the diligence it deserves.
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If you were injured by a drunk driver, you may have the right to bring a civil claim against that driver for the harm they caused. You may also have rights beyond the claim against the drunk driver.
Depending on the details of your case, additional parties may be legally responsible. For example, if the impaired driver was working at the time of the crash, an employer may need to be investigated. If the driver was over-served alcohol before the crash, Alabama’s dram shop law may also apply.
Alabama’s dram shop law may allow a claim against a person or business that knowingly sells, furnishes, or serves alcohol contrary to law to someone who was visibly intoxicated if that unlawful service is a proximate cause of the injury, death, or property damage (Alabama Code § 6-5-71).
In practical terms, this may involve a bar, restaurant, club, store, or other alcohol provider that continued serving someone who was obviously drunk and then caused a crash. These claims require careful investigation. A drunk driving crash lawyer in Mobile can look for evidence such as receipts, surveillance video, witness statements, credit card records, and testimony about the driver’s behavior before the crash.
Drunk driving crashes don’t only involve people in passenger vehicles. Impaired drivers can also seriously injure pedestrians, motorcycle riders, and bicyclists. In some cases, the impaired driver may be operating a work vehicle, delivery truck, or 18-wheeler, which can create additional questions about employer responsibility, insurance coverage, and other liable parties.
Strong evidence can make a major difference in a DUI crash claim. Helpful evidence can include:
You don’t need to gather all of this on your own. Our drunk driving accident attorneys can collect evidence, request records, and preserve information before it’s lost or overwritten.
A DUI crash can cause catastrophic injuries and create financial and personal losses that continue long after the scene is cleared. Depending on the specifics of your crash, damages may include:
If the crash resulted in the tragic loss of someone you loved, Alabama wrongful death law has specific rules about who may file and what damages may be pursued. These cases should be reviewed as soon as possible so your family understands their legal options and the deadlines that apply.
Drunk driver accidents are often severe because impaired drivers may speed, drift into oncoming traffic, run red lights, fall asleep, or fail to brake before impact.
Common injuries include:
And, sadly, alcohol- or drug-related crashes are 6.5 times more likely to be fatal than crashes overall (Drive Safe Alabama).
If you or a loved one was hit by a drunk driver, you deserve answers, support, and a legal team prepared to hold the responsible parties accountable. Morris, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC represents injured clients throughout Mobile and Southwest Alabama. We’re ready to listen, discuss your options, and help you take the next step with dignity and confidence.
Our firm handles drunk driving accident cases on a contingency fee basis. That means you don’t pay attorney’s fees unless we win your case.
Call 844.654.6228 or contact us online today for a FREE and confidential case review with our distinguished Mobile drunk driving accident lawyers.
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