Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

Former NFL Player Crash Injures 1, Former NBA Star Causes Fatal Wreck

Sports stars and celebrities represent role models for others whether they like it or not. Unfortunately, our Houston auto accident attorneys realize that their activities can glamorize bad behavior to impressionable folk and make negative behaviors seem more acceptable. Bad behavior and police incidents make headlines while law-abiding behavior goes un-remarked and unnoticed. Sadly, the […]

Firefighter Fatalities and the Danger of Structural Collapses in Fires

The Houston structural collapse attorneys at Denena Points, PC note that 2011 was the third consecutive year in which the number of firefighter fatalities dropped significantly. With 61 firefighters who perished on the job in 2011, that number and the total for 2010 actually represented the two lowest numbers of firefighter deaths since the NFPA […]

Hazards of Burning Residential Building Collapses to U.S. Firefighters

Our building collapse injury lawyers at Denena Points, PC have discussed before how structural collapses during a fire present the greatest risks of fatal injury for firefighters on the job. Collapses can occur inside the building while the firefighter is conducting interior firefighting operations. Fatal collapses can also happen while firefighters are outside and walls […]

Galveston Boater Faces Felony Charges after Hit and Run Boat Crash

Memorial Day weekend represents the start of the year’s most dangerous 100 days for teen drivers, swimming pool accidents, and recreational boating accidents. Unfortunately, our Galveston personal injury attorneys note that this year’s Memorial Day weekend was no exception. Texas game wardens, who have charge of local boating waters, arrested 63 people for BWI (boating […]

You have a Right to Take Your Texas Accident Injury Claim to Trial

When accident victims present their claims for fair compensation to defendants and their insurers, these victims are usually pressured to accept a settlement. Our Pearland personal injury attorneys caution that the offered settlements very often represent but a small fraction of the true worth of their claims. Defendants and their insurers want to avoid the […]

When Trains Collide and Bridges Collapse, 7 Injured in Missouri

Early on Saturday, Union Pacific and BNSF freight trains collided and derailed in southeast Missouri near Scott City. One train T-boned the other, causing it to derail. The derailed train struck a support pillar for a highway overpass, causing the Highway M Bridge to collapse. In addition, diesel fuel from one of the train’s engines […]

Ruben Galindo, Truck Driver who killed 4 in Fatal Hwy 90 Crash, Banned

In April, Ruben Galindo struck an SUV with a tractor-trailer while he was driving on the wrong side of Highway 90 near Kriewald Road. Our Alvin, TX truck accident attorneys sadly note that the catastrophic collision with the tractor-trailer truck killed the Koontz family of 4 in the SUV. Galindo reportedly told police that he […]

Distracted Driving leads to Serious Crashes like the Multi Vehicle Pileup on I-35

The U.S. NHTSA has charted a sharp increase in the use of cell phones while driving over the past decade. But cell phone use and texting while driving are only two of the many things that could fatally distract a driver behind the wheel. In a recent year, NHTSA data showed that distracted driving caused […]

Should the U.S. Blood Alcohol Limit for DWI be Lowered to 0.05%?

The U.S. NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) is recommending that the blood alcohol level used to determine intoxication be lowered from its current level of 0.08% to 0.05%. What that would mean is that virtually no one could take even a single drink and then get behind the wheel without being at risk for a […]