By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published August 4, 2026 | Posted in Uncategorized, Workers Compensation | Tagged Tags: Can I Have Both a Workers Compensation Claim and a Personal Injury Claim?, Two Separate Legal Claims | Comments Off on Can I Have Both a Workers Compensation Claim and a Personal Injury Claim?
Can I Have Both a Workers Compensation Claim and a Personal Injury Claim?
Can I Have Both a Workers Compensation Claim and a Personal Injury Claim? Many Alabama Workers Injured on the Job May Have Two Separate Legal Claims You were hurt while working. Maybe another driver ran a red light. Perhaps a forklift operated by another company struck you. Maybe defective equipment failed or another contractor’s negligence Read More
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Can I Sue My Employer Outside of Alabama’s Workers Compensation Laws?
Can I Sue My Employer Outside of Alabama’s Workers Compensation Laws? Understanding Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Exclusive Remedy Rule One of the first questions many injured workers ask after a serious job-related injury is: “If my employer caused my injury, why can’t I sue them outside of Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation System?” It is a reasonable question. Read More
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Should You Settle Your Right to Lifetime Medical Benefits?
Should You Settle Your Right to Lifetime Medical Benefits? For many injured workers, this is the single most important decision in the entire case. Under Alabama law, an employer is generally responsible for providing authorized, reasonable, necessary, and causally related medical treatment for a compensable injury. In many cases, those medical benefits may continue indefinitely Read More
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Are Alabama Workers Compensation Medical Benefits Really for Life?
Are Alabama Workers Compensation Medical Benefits Really for Life? Understanding One of the Most Valuable Benefits Under Alabama Workers’ Compensation Law When most people think about workers’ compensation, they think about weekly disability checks, and without a doubt those checks are important; but, for many seriously injured workers, the most valuable benefit may not be Read More
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If My Job Accident Was My Fault, Can I Still Receive Alabama Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
If My Job Accident Was My Fault, Can I Still Receive Alabama Workers’ Compensation Benefits? The Answer Is Usually Yes—but There Are Important Exceptions One of the biggest misconceptions about Alabama workers’ compensation law is that an injured worker loses the right to benefits simply because the accident was his or her fault. We hear Read More
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Can the Insurance Company Have Me Followed by a Private Investigator?
Can the Insurance Company Have Me Followed by a Private Investigator? What Alabama Injured Workers Should Know About Surveillance One of the most unsettling questions injured workers ask is: I think someone is following me and taking pictures. Can the insurance company hire someone to follow me?” The short answer is: Yes. In many Alabama Read More
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Can Social Media Harm Your Alabama Workers Compensation Case?
Can Social Media Harm Your Alabama Workers Compensation Case? What Every Injured Worker Should Know Before Posting Online You have just suffered a serious work injury. You are in pain. Friends and family begin asking how you are doing. You post a photograph of yourself at your child’s birthday party. A few days later, you Read More
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Does Violating a Safety Rule Automatically Prevent Me From Receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Can I Lose My Alabama Workers Compensation Benefits for Accidentally Violating a Safety Rule? After a workplace accident, injured employees are sometimes told that they are not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because they violated a company safety rule. That can be frightening to hear—but it is not always true. Under Alabama law, there is Read More
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Alabama Workers’ Compensation: What Is Willful Misconduct?
Alabama Workers’ Compensation: What Is Willful Misconduct? Alabama law recognizes willful misconduct as a defense to a workers’ compensation claim, but the term has a specific legal meaning. It does not apply every time an employee makes a mistake, violates a company rule, or exercises poor judgment. Understanding what constitutes willful misconduct—and what does not—can Read More
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What Does “Loss of Earning Capacity” Mean in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case?
What Does “Loss of Earning Capacity” Mean in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case? “My doctor says I have a 10% permanent impairment. Does that mean my workers’ compensation case is only worth 10%?” This is one of the most common—and most important—questions we hear from injured workers. The answer is usually no. In Alabama workers’ Read More
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