Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

How varying rates of alcohol absorption affect Houston BAC tests

The Houston DWI accident injury lawyers at Denena & Points emphasize that alcohol is a depressant that depresses or impairs a drinker’s physical reaction times and mental acuity. Due to this depressant effect, someone with a sufficient concentration of alcohol in their bloodstream cannot drive safely or react properly to traffic and traffic signals along […]

Deadly wreck of Megabus on I-55 linked to tire blowout

Our Texas bus accident lawyers know that you might have already seen some news about the Thursday crash of the Megabus in Litchfield, IL that killed 1 young passenger and sent around 48 more to the hospital with injuries ranging from minor to severe. 81 people were on the Megabus at the time that it […]

Is China quicker to recall dangerous & defective vehicles than the U.S.?

If you own a Jeep Wrangler, our Galveston auto defect lawyers realize that you might well remember Chrysler announcing the recall of almost 70,000 of the vehicles from the 2010 model year due to a defect that could cause sudden underbody fires. In China, the government had already convinced Chrysler to recall the Jeep Wrangler […]

Today’s huge U.S. recall belongs to the Toyota RAV4 & Lexus HS 250h

Already it seems like it’s been a banner year for auto recalls, and we still have a few months left to go. On the one hand, our Houston auto injury lawyers applaud the NHTSA and the automakers for taking dangerous, defective vehicles out of circulation. On the other hand, we can’t help but notice that […]

Collapsed deck in Louisville, KY was nailed, not bolted, to building

Our deck collapse injury lawyers wrote about the 2nd story deck collapse on Sunday night in Louisville, KY that sent the four family members on the deck to the hospital for their injuries. One woman received a broken ankle in the sudden deck collapse. Another woman was left hanging briefly onto a door latch before […]

Louisville, KY dramatic 2nd floor deck collapse hospitalizes 4 people

Deck collapse attorneys note that several people received injuries when a 2nd floor deck took a sudden plunge to the ground. A large wooden deck snapped out of place with a noise like thunder and sent 4 adults tumbling to the ground just minutes after they had stepped out on the structure. The sudden deck […]

Riders stranded 2 hrs atop CA Superman Ultimate Flight roller coaster

Our roller coaster injury attorneys note a group of riders that spent a frustrating afternoon stuck at the top of a roller coaster in California this weekend. 12 riders spent about two hours on Sunday stuck at the top of extreme roller coaster Superman Ultimate Flight. The coaster is at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in […]

On new U.S. & global popularity of less stable temporary architectures

Since the inevitable worldwide financial collapse in 2008, many ambitious and costly building projects were put on hold. In Lake Highlands, Dallas for instance, there stands the Lake Highlands Town Center, meant to be a vibrant, urban, mixed-use complex boasting side-by-side retail and residential with its own stop on the DART light rail line. Streets, […]

Tragic Death Prompts Banzai Pool Slide Recall

The tragic death of a 29-year-old Colorado woman, as well as severe neck injuries in two other people, prompted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to recall 21,000 Banzai Falls in-ground pool slides sold at Toys R Us and Wal-Mart stores between January 2005 and June 2009. The CPSC determined the slides are defective […]