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.
Last Wednesday, my firm and another lawyer went over to the local Sherriff’s office and drafted 17 wills, durable powers of attorney and advanced healthcare directives for first responders. This was…
Remember the opening scene in the movie 10? The elderly woman sitting in a chair against the wall lets one loose, whereupon the sleeping dog next to her bolts out of the room. As Dudley Moore…
Like many folks in the Mobile area, I went to the beach on Labor Day. On my way home, I saw two young boys coming the other way on a four wheeler in the grass next to the road. This road is a four…
The healthcare bill being considered seems to have a 1000 angles. One of the problems with tackling this monster is that it has many causes, and most of those causes lead back to a special interest…
I ran into a friend in court a few weeks ago who looked distressed. As we spoke, the cause of that distress spilled out – a fire had just about destroyed a weekend getaway he owns nearby. The cause…
Though there has been press coverage of Wendell Potter’s changing role, it has been curiously light. In June, he testified before Congress on the abuses of HMOs. Now he’s back in the picture,…
When a lay person calls me about a legal problem, it is generally a friend or former client. We encourage them to call us because, although we confine our practice to civil jury trials, we want them…
In the last entry of this series, let’s discuss you acting as your own lawyer. Rule number one — don’t think about it. Rule number two — don’t think about it. If rules number one and two go…
In the second part of this series, I want to discuss health insurance and how it plays into the settlement of your injury claim in a car collision. The overwhelming majority of Americans who have…
The other driver ran the red light. There were three witnesses to the collision. You broke both arms (the ones you use to handle the machine at work) and will be out of work for six weeks. The other…
I played tennis today. Feeling pretty puny, even though I drank almost a half gallon of weak Gatorade while playing, I came back to my air conditioned house and sat under a ceiling fan for about 30…
That gasoline can in your garage sure looks safe. You bought it from a big box store – they would not sell it unless it is safe, right? Wrong. In fact, there is a key safety component that most…
