Gale & Gale Attorneys

07/29/2023

Updated attorney contact information:

Norman Gale can be reached at (251) 605-3306 and [email protected]

Jeff Gale can be reached at (251) 591-7396 and [email protected]

06/30/2014

Criminal records can be cleared under certain circumstances under new Alabama expungement law going into effect July 7.

The law says if a person is granted the expungement request the charge is "deemed never to have occurred."

03/13/2014

Update: GM may have known about ignition switch problem even earlier in 2001.

It wasn't clear from the document if the issue discovered in 2001 was the same one tied to 13 deaths and a recent recall of 1.4 million cars in North America.

03/13/2014

On Feb. 13, 2014, General Motors (GM) recalled 780,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and certain Pontiac vehicles to repair an ignition switch problem that can allow the key to unintentionally slip from its “run” position when the car hits a bump or if the keychain is too heavy. As a result, the defect can cause an engine shutdown and loss of power steering, brakes, and safety systems, including its airbags and anti-lock brakes.

On Feb. 25, GM expanded the recall to include hundreds of thousands of additional Chevy, Pontiac, and Saturn cars, bringing the total number of affected vehicles to 1.4 million.

GM has linked the defect to 31 crashes involving airbags that failed to deploy and the deaths of 13 motorists.

Depositions taken during a civil lawsuit against GM revealed the auto maker knew in 2004, a decade before it issued a recall, that its Chevrolet Cobalt had an ignition switch that could inadvertently shut off the engine while driving.

According to news reports Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York has opened a criminal probe into the circumstances surrounding the GM ignition switch recall.

We would like to review any cases involving serious injuries or deaths resulting from crashes involving the 2005-2007 Chevy Cobalt, or model year 2003-2007 Pontiac G5, Saturn Ion, Chevy HHR, Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky.

03/03/2014

Happy Mardi Gras! Have fun, be safe!

02/03/2014

Driver fatique is a serious problem for the trucking industry leading to slower information-processing and reaction time to critical events. Unfortunately, many trucking companies don't have adequate safeguards in place to reduce the risk of driver fatique and comply with on-duty hour regulations.

EDITORIAL: No court has established whether driver fatigue contributed to a Monday truck crash that killed a tollway worker and injured a state trooper near Aurora, but if it did, it would be just another example of an avoidable accident that occurs all too often.

01/31/2014

Whatever we may think about the original outcome of this case in Italy, subjecting an individual to an eternity of criminal proceedings is a violation of basic human rights and is fortunately prohibited in this country by the United States Constitution. Hopefully our government will deny any request for extradition.

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:

[N]or shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb . . . ."

U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are waiting -- once again -- for a verdict from an Italian court.

01/30/2014

Looks like Baldwin County courts will open at 11 am and there are some dockets scheduled. See our previous post about Mobile County courts.

01/29/2014

The information we have is that all Mobile County offices and buildings, including the Mobile County courts, will be closed tomorrow (Thursday, 1/30). If you have any court matters pending, expect them to be rescheduled. Please feel free to contact our office if you need any assistance getting information.

Mobile County Commission president Merceria Ludgood announced that all county offices and buildings will be closed Thursday because of hazardous road conditions expected tomorrow.. “While there is a forecast of warming tomorrow, roads will remain hazardous during early work hours and we can’t be sur...

01/13/2014

Maybe there is something to a less aggressive treatment approach to back injuries. We see a lot of these issues in our workers' compensation cases.

When it comes to chronic back pain, something as simple as exercise can help more than surgery.

01/08/2014

The Affordable Care Act is now a real world consideration in settling workers' compensation cases. Promises to be potentially very helpful to claimants and employers trying to resolve claims.

For those familiar with its provisions, ACA provides new mechanisms for funding future medical care that can facilitate settlement negotiations.

11/20/2013

Norman Gale with other members at a recent Drug Education Council Board of Directors Meeting. This is a fantastic organization doing a lot of good for the youth of our community by education.
www.DrugEducation.org