Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

The unacceptably high toll of Texas wrong-way driving accidents

The Houston wrongful death lawyers at Denena & Points are deeply saddened by the Sunday death of a beloved Houston voice coach and opera singer in our state while on her way from the Grand Canyon. The Honda in which Houston soprano Laura Botkin rode in the back seat was struck head-on by a pickup […]

Well-known Houston artist lost to hit & run driver; police searching

The Houston motorcycle accident lawyers at Denena & Points note a tragic and needless accident on Saturday that has left our city without one of its well-known Houston artists. On Saturday, 25-year-old Shannon Garcia of Gainesville slammed into the back of a motorcycle stopped at a red light on the Katy Freeway feeder road at […]

Pasadena, TX gas flare & chemical burn could be cause for alarm

Pasadena, TX injury lawyers: An electrical trip tied to recent severe weather caused an unexpected chemical plant burn in Pasadena, TX yesterday. The chemical plant burn flare occurred at the TPC Group Plant in the 8600 block of Park Place Boulevard. Because of the severe weather and electrical problem, some equipment ceased to function so […]

On the psychology of the decision to hit and run in a Houston accident

Houston accident injury attorneys: About 10% of traffic accidents in the United States each year involve hit and run collisions. This ranges from the clumsy, callous driver who runs into your car in a parking lot and leaves to the fatal collision with a bicyclist or pedestrian. Despite the prevalence of the hit and run […]

TxDOT says agency is seeing more fatal Texas accidents than previously

Houston car crash injury lawyers: Particularly in West Texas, which has seen a surge in activity and traffic related to oil and gas activity, TxDOT says that it is seeing more fatal accidents in Texas than in years past. Gene Powel, the TxDOT Odessa Public Information Officer, said that “more traffic, more people, people texting” […]

Wal*Mart worker’s loss prevention strategy could prove costly to store

Our Houston personal injury lawyers were a bit shocked to hear about a July loss prevention incident at a local Wal*Mart store. An employee on the loss prevention team apparently utilized an innovative and dangerous new strategy to deter a shopper he believed might have been shoplifting. Allegedly the employee, 33-year-old Lance Jason Ferguson, accused […]

Controversy over Jones Act, designed to protect rights of U.S. workers

Right now in Hawaii, Alaska, and other U.S. areas not among the contiguous 48 states, there exists ongoing controversy over the Jones Act. Our Gulf Coast Jones Act attorneys point out that the Jones Act was enacted in 1929 to give U.S. maritime industry workers protections from injury, job loss, and other factors for which […]

Stryker recalls more of its metal-on-metal hip replacement devices

Our Houston hip implant injury attorneys understand that you may have been following the ongoing saga of the metal-on-metal hip replacement medical devices. More and more of the defective devices are being recalled from the U.S. marketplace and around the world due to high failure rates and the incidence of kidney and bladder disease linked […]

Texas Hit and Run Drivers that Flee Injury Accidents Harm Everyone

On Saturday, KABB Fox San Antonio reported that a motorcycle rider was critically injured after he ran into a car at O’Connor near Weidner on the overpass. Our Galveston accident lawyers note that the biker suffered serious head injuries and was flown to University Hospital. Police said they thought that the motorcycle rider might have […]