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Economic Boom: The South Texas Eagle Ford Shale Play by the Numbers

Our Houston truck accident injury lawyers have been focusing a lot of attention lately on the deteriorating roads and mounting number of deadly truck crashes in the South Texas region defined by the Eagle Ford Shale play. The region runs from Webb County near the Mexican border for hundreds of miles to the northeast, ending […]

More on dangerous South Texas truck crashes, injuries, & fatalities

Our Texas injury lawyers have been examining the economic growth in South Texas and the accompanying growth in the number of truck crash injuries and fatalities in the area. The great generator of all this activity is the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas development. The shale extraction boom there in South Texas has added […]

Neglect of truck safety & maintenance in the Eagle Ford Shale region

The Texas truck accident attorneys at Denena & Points note that in the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas development region, time is money and profits and Texas revenues are soaring. But the region is finding the unprecedented economic boom comes with a price tag. And the price is paid in lives from work accidents […]

Eagle Ford Shale, economic boom, and fatigue-driven truck accidents

South Texas truck accident lawyers: The oil and gas industry has been booming the last few years in the 19 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale development in South Texas. Since about 2008, while most industries and economic segments have declines in the state and nationwide, Eagle Ford Shale developers have added thousands of trucking […]

NFL players 3 times more likely to suffer neurodegenerative diseases

Houston brain injury attorneys point out that a research study just published in the medical journal Neurology indicates that NFL players are 3 to 4 times more likely than the general population to suffer from neurodegenerative brain diseases. The study shows even higher risk factors for those NFL players who played positions associated with “velocity.” […]

Chrysler and NHTSA dismiss “Jeep Death Wobble” as a serious defect

Houston Jeep Wrangler injury lawyers remark that two U.S. Congressmen are asking Chrysler to take action on a Jeep Wrangler design flaw after the U.S. NHTSA has already said that the issue does not warrant a full investigation or recall. The issue, dubbed the “Jeep Death Wobble” by vehicle owners and pundits, cause the Jeep […]

New Braunfels, TX DWI crash leaves 1 dead, 3 injured, and 1 jailed

The Texas accident lawyers at Denena & Points mention that over the Labor Day weekend, law enforcement officers have been working to enforce safe driving laws and prevent DWI accidents. Some observers say that the holiday “no refusal” weekends in Texas have had a noticeable effect in cutting down on the number of drunken drivers […]

Tragic Thursday death at Reliant Stadium: could it have been prevented?

The Houston accident lawyers at Denena & Points note a tragic death on Thursday during a Houston Texans preseason game. A 45-year-old man tragically fell 60 feet to his death on Thursday night while riding the outside handrail of an escalator in Reliant Stadium in Houston. He and other fans were at the stadium to […]

9 important facts you need to know about flooding and flood insurance

The Gulf Coast accident attorneys at Denena & Points note that the recent landfall of Hurricane Isaac, on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, reminds us that flooding is the number one natural disaster hazard in the U.S. This sobering reminder is bolstered by data from the National Flood Insurance Program, created by the U.S. […]