Cum Laude graduate of Cumberland School of Law, Pet Mackey is a civil trial litigation expert who represents plaintiffs in business and consumer tort, contracts and construction, employment disputes and insurance.
I got a call last week from a person who was robbed by a bad guy in the parking lot of a big box store here in Mobile. There were several lights out in the section that he parked and he did not see…
I do not know any statistics on lawyers advertizing on television – what percentage do, how many ads per month are the average or how much money is spent on the endeavour. Our firm has never…
The editor and chief wack-job of the World News Daily, Joseph Farrah, is about to sue Esquire over a parody that the magazine did recently announcing that he was recalling the latest WND published…
In the book of Stossel, there are two things most revered – John and Stossel. He does not care if he gets it right. He does not care if his story offends. Correction – he wants it to offend. Liittle…
When I evaluate a potential tort case, contributory negligence is laways an overiding concern. Contributory negligence is a defense in a tort case to a negligence claim. The best example of all of…
I wiped out riding my bike Saturday morning with several other folks. As the pain worsened Saturday afternoon, a family practitioner who lives nearby gave me the bad news – a broken rib. Being a…
A friend of mine sent me a video of a crash test of 2009 Cheverolet Malibu and a 1959 Cheverolet Bel Air. The video shows, from several angles, how much safer the newer model is. That crash test was…
You retired from the Fortune 500 company (that did you well over the years) after deciding that you still had some productive years left and did not want to let the dream owning your own business…
Dauphin Island, Alabama is a special place. It is a barrier island located at western side of the mouth of Mobile Bay. It is unpretentious, quiet and beautiful. If you don’t like sand, fishing,…
Self described as the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, Ltd. is headquartered in the foothills of the Swiss Alps. Is it the clean mountain air, or perhaps the rosy cheeked…
Mrs. America was bent out of shape – really pissed. She had let her kids go to the beach for lunch only because they promised to be careful and not leave a mess. They hadn’t left the beach five…
I have a house at Dauphin Island, a barrier island 30 miles south of Mobile, Alabama. My next door neighbor owns a charter fishing boat. During a regular summer week, the boat will be chartered five…
