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Why Fatigued TX Drivers Cause more Serious Injuries and Fatal Crashes

Continued from Part 1. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration issued a report called Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crashes. The report documents the effect of insufficient sleep on drivers. Our Texas truck accident lawyers emphasize that lack of sleep impairs drivers’ abilities to adequately perform the complex tasks necessary for safe driving. The NHTSA report […]

Eagle Ford Shale Area Experiencing Vastly Increased Traffic Crash Risk

An article just appeared on abc13.com (KTRK, 1/13/13) saying what our Texas truck accident lawyers have been saying for a long time: driver fatigue on the narrow, poorly-lit roads criss-crossing the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas development region has been driving up accident injury and fatality numbers. A spike in the road accident death […]

Texas Street Design Contributes to High Pedestrian Injury Numbers

Continued from Part 1. Contact the Texas Pedestrian Injury Attorneys at Denena Points, PC if you’re struck by a Motor Vehicle At Denena Points, PC, we believe that pedestrians needlessly injured by driver inattention and negligence deserve strong advocacy in the face of Texas’ car-centric culture. Insurance companies focused on motorists’ needs might seek to […]

Southeast Texas Pedestrians at High Risk of Fatal Injury from Vehicles

Recent weeks have seen some horrific pedestrian fatalities in our southeast Texas region. Our Texas pedestrian injury attorneys that these fatal accidents seem to have disproportionately impacted a particularly vulnerable pedestrian population: the elderly. On Wednesday evening just before 6:30 in Corpus Christi, a 75-year-old woman was fatally struck by a Ford Taurus as she […]

A Bad Week for Crash and Structural Collapse Injuries in New York City

Tuesday afternoon began a wave of serious injury accidents that made the headlines. A 3rd-floor ceiling of a former Touro College building in Murray Hill in Manhattan that was undergoing renovation collapsed on top of three workers, causing them serious injuries. At about 20 pounds per square foot, a Fire Department Chief said that the […]

Financial Recovery for Fatality when Seatbelt Unlatches in TX Wreck

The Houston defective product attorneys at Denena Points, PC were pleased to be able to win a strong financial settlement for the bereaved family members of a 42-year-old mom killed in tragic rollover wreck when her seatbelt unlatched and she was thrown from her vehicle. The mom was part of a 3-vehicle caravan. She was […]

What is the Houston Cocktail and Why should You be Worried?

The “Houston Cocktail” or the “holy trinity” of illegal prescription drug mixes consists of Hydrocodone, Xanax, and Soma. Mixed together, these drugs can give users a heroin-like high that can cause drivers to take reckless chances, make ridiculous decisions behind the wheel, and cause fatal crashes. Our Harris County personal injury lawyers emphasize that Houston […]

Mistakes in Adjusting Motorcycle Helmet Chinstrap Fit could be Fatal

A well-fitting motorcycle helmet that conforms to U.S. safety standards is vital in a crash. But many riders, especially novice bikers, have trouble adjusting their helmet fit properly because of the D-rings generally found on one side of the chin strap. And our Houston motorcycle accident attorneys caution that wearing a loose or insecure helmet […]

2012 has been a Deadly Year with a High Number of TX Road Fatalities

After several straight years of consistent declines in the number of U.S. traffic fatalities, the number of fatal accidents is soaring again in 2012. And authorities are trying to figure out why. Some are pointing at unseasonably warm weather leading to more travel in the winter months that usually see a traffic slowdown. There were […]