Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

The Illusion of a Carnival City at Sea and Life’s Ugly Reality Checks

The Galveston cruise injury attorneys ask you to imagine being on a city at sea. The city initially appears bright, clean, beautiful, and an exciting place to be. But then something goes wrong and you realize that the city at sea has no real infrastructure. Food and water supplies are all loaded aboard occasionally just […]

Is the Deck on Your Home Safe for Use? There’s a 40% Chance It’s Not

About 2.5 million decks were built new or replaced in the United States last year. A well-built deck should last about 20 years. But our deck collapse injury lawyers understand that most decks are not well built. And many never see a single inspection. Most deck collapses result from failure of the connection between the […]

OSHA Numbers on Texas Oil Field Worker Fatalities are Going Up

There were 197 fatal oil field deaths in Texas from 2007 through 2011. The Texas work accident attorneys at Denena Points, PC remark that this number has grown as the industry has boomed since 2008. At the same time, other workplace deaths in Texas have declined. Partly this is because the number of other workplace […]

Traveling Houston TX Roads can be Hazardous even in an Ambulance

TxDOT numbers reveal that the largest numbers of fatal and serious injury accidents occur in the Houston area. No doubt those numbers reflect Houston’s status as the most populous area of the state. But Houston injury attorneys point out that the numbers also reflect problems with drunken driving, street racing, and speeding. Harris County is […]

Vital Roller Coaster Safety Tips for Riders visiting Amusement Parks

We all like to enjoy amusement parks and the exciting rides they offer. Ride designers work incessantly to come up with new and taller, faster, more thrilling rides and roller coasters to keep us interested and coming back to the parks. For the most part, amusement parks are among the safest physical recreational activities a […]

Ride Injuries Related to Extreme Forces exerted on Human Body Increase

Continued from Part 2. Our amusement ride injury attorneys note that theme park industry safety assertions aside, the incidence of brain injuries, neck injuries, and g-force induced loss of consciousness seems to have increased along with the extreme thrills offered by new rides created with computer-aided design. Some of the injuries seem to be among […]

Computer Design Technology and the Extreme Roller Coasters It Enables

Continued from Part 1. The newest, most exciting rides are “extreme” roller coasters. They offer greater heights, speeds, twists, turns, and novel rider positioning, such as “hanging” from the coaster seat, to give thrill-seeking riders experiences they haven’t encountered before. Computer-aided design tries to build in extreme g-forces from sudden acceleration, deceleration, and changes in direction. […]

How Safe are Roller Coasters and Other High Intensity Amusement Rides?

Currently, there is no reliable consensus on just how safe these rides are. The amusement ride industry maintains that amusement parks are the safest form of family recreation available. Yet the amusement ride injury attorneys at Denena Points, PC recognize that hundreds of serious injuries occur at amusement parks each year. And recent years have […]

Proving a Houston Premises Liability Claim for Your Accident Injuries

When you’ve been injured and saddled with unexpected losses and medical expenses because of an unsafe condition on someone else’s property, you deserve a full financial recovery for your injuries. But holding the property owner financially accountable for the harm you suffered can be challenging. You need to take action immediately because evidence begins to […]