Please stay home, at least for much of today and perhaps this weekend. The lack of traffic lights is causing major pileups on Mobile streets. That plus flooding and storm damage are simply making it unsafe for many of our neighbors. From the calls I am getting,...
Are you seeing more angry drivers than before the pandemic? Do you hear more honking horns? Notice less courtesy as you try to change lanes? Instances of road rage are being spotted all over the country. Some with disastrous results. The fear of facing an angry...
Labor Day is traditionally one of the most dangerous driving holidays in Alabama. Seriously, it can be rough out there. If you have not noticed, the pandemic has changed a lot about being on the road. For example, a lot of people have not driven that...
What do termites have to do with a personal injury lawyer? When termites start to eat your house often no one is physically injured, so I can understand the confusion. A friend saw our billboard about termite damage and asked how I got into the bug business....
If you are hurt by an 18-wheeler rig, you need a lawyer who understands this very specific type of law. Take this for example. Did you know that most tractor-trailers have a black box very similar to what is inside an airplane? These boxes have been...
Some residents of Baldwin Co. will receive a jury summons as early as next week. As one judge put it, “It is imperative that the wheels of justice continue to move, however slowly.“ An entirely new jury selection system is being developed because of the...
Jury trials in Alabama are backed up. I mean really backed up. Criminal lawyers want to get their clients out of jail. Injury lawyers want to make insurance companies pay up. Both need a jury. However, old southern courtrooms are not designed for social...
If a product malfunctions and you get hurt, do not throw away the thing that hurt you. This may sound like a no brainer, but I am telling you this because I have seen it happen. Here is an example: a homeowner was climbing a ladder and the ladder rail came...
Termite claims in and around Mobile, AL, can teach you a lot. First, the bug companies don’t always treat the bugs, and second, the bug companies don’t always treat the customer … right. According to Terminix, Mobile is the number one most termite-infested...
It pains me for teachers to contemplate that going back to school could kill them. But some do, and some of those are here in South Alabama. I was asked about the legal documents someone who is going back to work should consider, and though I find this very...