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.
The UnitedHealth settlement with the state of New York has been hailed as a boon for healthcare plan subscribers who want to use doctors aho are not part of their network. Perhaps it is not all that…
UnitedHealth Group has agreed to settle a case filed by the New York Attorney General’s office. That lawsuit, filed in the spring of 2008, accused the health care giant of defrauding its members by…
The bailout for the financial industry has been somewhat of a mystery to me. I have been busy with work and have not been able to delve into the details. So … watching from afar, I am not sure…
George Will’s recent op-ed piece, Exploding Litigation Means the death of Common Sense, lacks a key ingredient – a basis in fact. Mr. Will, generally a stickler for detail, offers only anecdotal…
The Lilly Ledbetter Act, along with the Paycheck Fairness Act, was passed by the House last Friday and the Ledbetter Act could reach the Senate as early as next week. The Ledbetter Act increases the…
In his continuing report, Jeff Seidel of the Detroit Free Press reports that County Judge Timothy Connors has ordered mediation in the lawsuits by female inmates alleging sexual assaults by prison…
You have been in your brand new house for four months. It was kind of scary draining your savings account for the down payment and your new monthly payment is $350 more than the rent you were paying…
Prior to the fly ash sludge holding pond rupturing at the Kingston, Tn. steam plant on December 22, not many people even knew what fly ash was. In the aftermath of that disaster, news surfaced that…
Nobody comes in to our offices to tell us what a great day they have had. We don’t do adoptions, we represent folks who have suffered severe personal or financial injuries. Unfortunately, we have to…
The Michigan prison system may find that protecting female inmates from sexual assaults by guards is not just the morally right thing to do, but that it makes business sense, as well. In the first…
The William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette, Alabama was severely critcized in a report by Federal inspectors released last month. The inspection, conducted in February of 2008, found…
The Democrats controlling Congress are looking to overturn the Supreme Court’s recent decision which limited worker’s discrimination claims by providing a restrictive statute of limitations. The…
