Houston Personal Injury Blog - Denena Points, PC

The relative size of your vehicle makes a difference in a Houston wreck

Houston car wreck lawyers emphasize that the mass and speed of your vehicle relative to the other vehicle in a collision makes a big difference for your chances of surviving the wreck with little or no injury. The car that’s going faster at the time of the collision tends to inflict much more damage on […]

Chronic speeding of NC construction company drivers leads to fatal wreck

Our Clear Lake truck wreck lawyers note a tragic, fatal dump truck wreck that occurred in Spring Lake, N.C. Cleveland Glenn was driving a dump truck belonging to R.E. Goodson Construction Company when he sped through a red light into the side of a van. The van contained a mother and her four children. The […]

Some difficulties you face in a case subject to admiralty/maritime law

Our Galveston maritime injury lawyers point out that admiralty law (also called maritime law) constitutes an extremely specially, highly complex field of law. Admiralty law continues to evolve at a fast pace under increasing pressures from new technologies, trading patterns, resource competition, and other issues that affect our use of and travel on the seas. […]

Dump trucks prone to rollover accidents that can cause serious injuries

Our Pearland, TX truck accident lawyers have mentioned before that high centers of gravity and unbalanced weight loads frequently cause dump trucks to tip or rollover. The likelihood of a dump truck turning over increases when it’s loading or unloading and the heavy weight of the cargo is constantly shifting. Even experienced dump truck drivers […]

Cruise ship passenger safety policies changing after Costa Concordia disaster

Our maritime injury lawyers point out hat cruise ship bookings have dropped off precipitously since the Costa Concordia disaster left 16 people dead and 16 others still missing. The cruise industry, alarmed by the results of the cruise ship crash, has begun reviewing and revising existing policies regarding passenger safety. In May, The International Maritime […]

Trampoline & Foam Pit Take Life of Beloved Phoenix AZ Community Member

Our theme park accident lawyers note a particularly tragic and chilling accident that occurred recently at a newly opened trampoline park in Arizona. Ty Thomasson, 30, attended a children’s charity event at SkyPark Trampoline Park in Phoenix, AZ on Sunday. The SkyPark Trampoline Park reportedly opened just last month. Mr. Thomasson had jumped from a […]

State OSHA agency levies 3 fines for Indiana State Fair stage collapse

The Texas City workplace accident attorneys at Denena & Points note that Indiana’s OSHA agency released their report yesterday on the investigation begun following the deadly collapse of the Indiana State Fair concert stage during a storm. The stage collapse on August 13, 2011 killed 7 people and injured 58, some of whom remain in […]

Drunk driving statistics for Texas & other states with high DWI rates

Baytown motorcycle accident attorneys note that the U.S. NHTSA recently released the compiled 2010 statistics related to drunk driving accidents and fatalities. Among the notable pieces of data are the following: The highest percentages of drunk or impaired driving fatalities belong to North Dakota, South Carolina, and Texas. Drunk driving caused 44% of wrecks in […]

How a Truck Driver’s Prior Traffic Violations Could Affect Your Case

Yesterday, our Baytown truck wreck lawyers wrote about a dump truck driver who crashed into a building just 9 days after having a different accident. It’s important to know that when you’ve been in an accident cause by a truck driver and that driver has prior traffic or safety violations on his record, these violations […]