Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

Publication of tire aging dangers to consumers makes little progress

Our Houston tread separation lawyers have been discussing the mostly hidden problem of tire aging and the dangers it poses to the consumer. Ford Motor Company sponsored some of the most public, most comprehensive research on tire aging to date. To be fair, it wasn’t a gratuitous move. Ford was probably trying to do damage […]

Tire aging, heat stress, tread separation & the danger of fatal wrecks

The Texas City tire defect lawyers at Denena & Points note that tire manufacturers have known for decades of the connection between a tire’s age, its susceptibility to heat stress and fatigue, and your chances of having a dangerous tread separation-related rollover accident. Automakers have also been aware of the problem for some time. But […]

Tire age, tread depth, & what you don’t know about them might hurt you

(Part A.) In the first installment of this blog discussing tire aging, tread separation and the effects they can have on your safety as you travel, Our Baytown tire defect lawyers mentioned the high-profile series of fatal rollover accidents involving the Ford Explorer and its Bridgestone-Firestone Wilderness ATX tires. Ford Motor Company, wanted to deflect […]

Part B of Tire age, tread depth, & what you don’t know about them

(Continued from Part A.) Even now, our Baytown tire defect attorneys understand that dealers, technicians, vehicle inspectors, and others base critical decisions regarding the quality of a tire on its perceived tread depth. But tires experience uneven wear patterns, and some of the most dangerous tire weaknesses and defects might be hidden within the tire’s […]

Jury on illegal immigrant accused of killing HPD officer in DWI wreck

Houston DWI injury lawyers note that a jury in Harris County will decide the punishment of an illegal immigrant that struck an HPD officer at around 90 mph last year, killing him at the scene of the wreck. The suspect, Johoan Rodriguez, had been deported from the U.S. twice before when he ran into HPD […]

On dangerous, criminal behavior in truck drivers & fatal TX wrecks

The Houston truck wreck lawyers at Denena & Points mention that James Layland stands accused of felony charges in connection with the death of Ming-Yueh Bixler in a Fort Worth, TX truck crash. Initially, another unfortunate man had been accused of the crime. Why? Because James Layland, while posing as a friend to the hapless […]

TX teen drivers can take steps to avoid increased summer road risks

Baytown accident attorneys note that AAA (American Automobile Association) states that the 100 days that run between Memorial Day and Labor Day present the most risks of fatal injury to teen drivers. Around 400 teen drivers die on our roads during the summer months on average, compared to about 340 during the school year. Some […]

Shipmaster receives prison sentence for alcohol-related shipwreck

Galveston maritime accident lawyers note that in early March, Miroslaw Pozniak, master of the cargo ship Union Moon, made a series of bad piloting decisions that led his cargo ship to collide with an inbound ferryboat, Stena Feronia, just outside of Belfast Harbor. Almost 100 people were on board the ferry at the time of […]

Serious tragedy averted by timing in collapse of old NJ bank’s façade

The structural collapse lawyers at Denena & Points remark that the façade of the venerable TD Bank building on Haddon Avenue in Collingswood, NJ collapsed in a rush of sound and rubble around 4 a.m. last Wednesday morning. The bank building had fallen into disuse some time ago and was being offered on the local […]