Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

990,000 Nissans Recalled, Passenger Airbag may not Deploy in Crash

Following GM’s long-delayed recall of 1.6 million cars for ignition switch defects that could cause airbags not to deploy in a crash, Nissan has recalled nearly 1 million vehicles for another type of defect that similarly could cause the front seat passenger’s airbag not to deploy in a crash. Nissan said it’s aware of at least 3 […]

U.S. Medical Device Recalls Doubled in a Decade

A report just issued by the FDA and discussed in the Wall Street Journal revealed that the number of medical device recalls had doubled in a decade, up from 604 in 2003 to 1,190 in 2012. Especially troubling was the even steeper rise in the number of Class I recalls. Our Houston medical device injury lawyers note […]

League City Driver Arrested after Fatal Hit and Run of Bicyclist

Dena McKenzie, 49, of League City has been arrested and charged with a 2nd degree felony in thedeath of bicyclist Kevin Munson. McKenzie reportedly struck and killed Mr. Munson with her vehicle as he was riding his bicycle. Reports say that McKenzie then parked her vehicle right underneath a video surveillance camera in the Waterford Harbor […]

Vietnamese American College Student 3rd Life Lost to Deadly SXSW Crash

Rashad Owens ran down 26-year-old Sandy Thuy Le, described by a family member as “brilliant” and a “live life to the fullest” sort of person, on Thursday as he tried to flee police. Ms. Le, a Vietnamese-American whose family has seen more than its share of hardship and tragedy, having lost their home to Hurricane […]

Drivers turning in front of motorcycles cause fatal Houston crashes

Data released by the NHTSA showed that in 2010, 39% of fatal motorcycle collisions involved larger vehicles turning suddenly in front of an oncoming bike. The Houston motorcycle accident attorneys at Denena Points, PC note that this ongoing threat to motorcyclists results because drivers of larger vehicles naturally tend to keep watch for vehicles their own size […]

New Law for one of few US States that had no Amusement Ride Safety Regs

The carnival ride injury attorneys at Denena Points, PC wonder why it always seems to require a serious accident and sometimes multiple deaths and injuries before lawmakers take action on safety? Last week in South Dakota, one of the few U.S. states that still had no amusement ride safety regulations at all, the governor signed […]

Safety problems at fatal walkway collapse site were known to UM

Structural engineers who inspected the broken walkway after the balcony collapse at University Village apartments in Columbia, Missouri reported that the concrete had deteriorated to the point where it could no longer support its own weight. And indeed our balcony collapse attorneys point out that the initial report of the collapse came in during the wee hours […]

Man Seriously Injured in Fall from Indoor Roller Coaster in WI

Friday around 5:30 p.m., a 64-year-old man was somehow ejected from the Opa! roller coaster ride and fell almost 20 feet to the ground below. A witness told reporters at NBC 15 that the seriously injured man was breathing but unconscious and bleeding badly with wounds to both the head and arm. The man was airlifted to […]

Skip TxDOT Fee, Get a Free Police Report of Your Houston Injury Crash

TxDOT has launched a new system where you can purchase a copy of the police report for your Houston injury accident online. TxDOT posts crash reports to its system once it receives them from law enforcement agencies. Then with a credit card and certain information about your specific accident, you can pay the $6 to […]