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Some Things You Might Want to Know About Truck Accidents in America

The Houston truck accident lawyers at Denena & Points note that around 35,000 people per year die in fatal traffic accidents in the United States. · About 10% of these fatal traffic accidents involve a commercial vehicle. · Some estimates say that up to 80% of accidents involving a commercial truck are caused by the […]

The Cost of Poor Driving Decisions on Texas Roadways

The Montgomery County Police Reporter posted a fine story and some great photos of a costly tanker truck accident on State Highway 242 yesterday. Apparently the tanker truck driver tried to beat an oncoming driver as he turned his rig left into a subdivision. The tanker truck was hit by the oncoming vehicle, which smashed […]

Negligence in Worker’s Death by Moving Crane at Barbours Cut Terminal

A man working at the Barbour’s Cut Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel just suffered a horrific, fatal accident when he got trapped beneath a crane that suddenly started moving. The heavy machine’s sudden motion apparently caught the worker up by surprise and severed his legs. According to the news account of the Terminal worker’s […]

Hazardous toys to look out for as you do holiday shopping at TX stores

This time of year sees various organizations issue lists of toys they consider dangerous to your children. Hazards presented by these toys could include: Strangulation. Electrocution. Laceration. Punctures. Choking. Lead and chemical toxins. Nearing reduction from noise levels. Other forms of injury or death. The consumer group called WATCH (World Against Toys Causing Harm) issued […]

Harris County pedestrian accident & the case for wrongful death suits

Saturday night in northeast Harris County saw a particularly horrific example of pedestrian-car accidents. First, a man driving a pickup truck accidentally struck Juan Mascotto, a man in his twenties, who was walking on the side of the Beaumont Highway near John Ralston. The driver of the pickup truck pulled over and waited for police […]

What a Parent Can Do When a Child is Injured in a Houston, TX Accident

As parents, we Houston injury lawyers at Denena & Points were a bit horrified when we read of the 4-year-old boy who was struck by a car as he crossed the street in front of his school. While that accident didn’t produce any major injuries or fatalities, and certainly wasn’t the most objectively horrifying accident […]

Deadly Wrong-Way Texas Drivers Don’t Care About Your Life or Safety

You’ve probably already hear about Brittany Dawn Burton, the drunken wrong-way driver whose wantonly reckless actions too the life of an innocent victim in North Texas. Do you think she gave a care to whether she took that person’s life or not? She didn’t even care about her own safety or the safety of her […]

GM Maintains Chevy Volt is Safe but Fire is Always a Risk with Lithium Batteries

General Motors must have received a huge number of queries from concerned Chevy Volt owners since the U.S. NHTSA announced its safety investigation a few days ago. The investigation stems from NHTSA concerns regarding dangers of injuries or fatalities from sudden explosion or fires in the Chevy Volt’s lithium-ion batteries. The NHTSA’s concerns arose because […]

Dangerous China-Made MK Lighters that Light Up Even When You Don’t

Disposable Lighters and Your Safety The Chinese firm Zhuoye Lighter Company Ltd. Makes millions of cheap, disposable, and unsafe lighters that it distributes through a U.S. subsidiary. These defective lighters can leak butane, suddenly explode, and cause deadly fires. But it’s not violating any laws or regulatory standards by selling the dangerous lighters. The U.S. CPSC […]