Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

No fault Texas workers compensation insurance and your right to relief

The Texas City work accident attorneys at Denena & Points explain some of your rights and limitations under Texas workers’ comp laws. Texas workers’ compensation statutes eliminate a worker’s right to sue an employer after being injured at work if that employer subscribes to Texas workers’ compensation insurance coverage. But workers’ comp helps you in […]

What you should do when your Texas employer doesn’t have worker’s comp

Our Houston work injury attorneys point out that workers’ comp insurance is expensive for employers to purchase and maintain. This is especially true where the employer carries on an inherently dangerous work activity such as construction. So many Texas employers choose not to subscribe to workers’ compensation coverage. Being a nonsubscriing employer saves them a […]

Recognize the Dangers from Unsecured Houston Dump Truck Beds & Cargos

Our Houston dump truck wreck attorneys remind readers that literally hundreds of fatal accidents and serious injuries occur each year due to improperly secured and unsecured dump truck beds or cargos. Many of these accidents and injuries affect the workers employed on and around the trucks. The problem is so pervasive that companies have formed […]

Gas lines, hidden dangers in building infrastructure, can prove deadly

Houston news sites reported recently on the collapse of 2 large buildings in the vibrant historical center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The story detailed the collapse and possible explosion of a 10-story and a 20-story building in Rio that left debris strewn over a wide area and buried cars and motorcycles in the nearby […]

Pharmaceutical company practices could be endangering your health

In our winter newsletter, our Texas pharmaceutical injury attorneys wrote about the controversy over Actos, the widely prescribed diabetes medication produced by Asian drug giant, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Victims and survivors of victims have filed thousands of lawsuits against the company claiming that Takeda withheld information regarding the heightened risk of bladder cancer from taking […]

Token fines for pharma co. bad acts ineffective to protect your health

Galveston injury lawyers mention that recent months have seen a series of fines levied against major pharmaceutical companies for practices that endangered your health and took multiple lives. The fines might seem large to an ordinary individual living on an ordinary budget. But the fines represent only a tiny, token fraction of the vast profits […]

U.S. NHTSA announces important safety recall on KIA Optima & KIA Rondo

Pearland, TX safety defect lawyers notify readers that the NHTSA’s safety recall announcement relates to the 2006 to 2008 KIA Optima and the 2007 to 2008 KIA Rondo. KIA Motors America, Inc. states that the safety recall of more than 145,000 KIA vehicles covers KIA Optimas manufactured from September 29, 2005 through January 28, 2008 […]

2 Logging Truck 18-Wheeler Rollover Accidents Shut Down Texas S.H. 242

Montgomery County truck cargo accident lawyers note an 18-wheeler rollover on I-45 at S.H. 242 that shut down the road for several hours on Thursday morning. The Montgomery County Police Reporter and other news media provided details on the 18-wheeler rollover. The truck driver was driving for SAPP Logging and had picked up a timber […]

The dangers of unsecured, falling truck cargo to U.S. highway drivers

Our Pearland truck accident lawyers have written before on the dangers from unsecured cargo that spills from trucks. We’ve written about how to identify who’s liable for the accident and how to obtain just compensation for your injuries and vehicle damage from a falling cargo accident. Truckers generally don’t load their trucks’ cargo themselves. It’s […]