Archive for February, 2010
Police Seek Driver in Hit and Run that Kills 2 in Pasadena-Texas Wrongful Death Attorneys
Pasadena police are looking for a dark-colored car that was involved in a hit and run accident in Pasadena on February 20, 2010 that killed a grandmother and her 12 year old granddaughter. The accident occurred on Red Bluff Road near Genoa Red Bluff around 11pm.
Pamela Bryan was driving a Ford F-150 with her granddaughter [...]
Katrina Influx Caused No Lasting Spike in Crime -Houston Criminal Attorneys
A group of criminologists has published an interesting study on crime rates in Texas post-Katrina, and the results are very interesting to Houston criminal defense lawyers. The study by a group of criminologists says that the influx of evacuees from New Orleans post-Katrina has not, contrary to belief, resulted in a spike in crime in [...]
Houston Police Officers Training in Blood Draws-Houston DWI Lawyers
Houston police officers are being trained in the art of drawing blood, quite literally at that. According to this report, seven officers are currently undergoing a training program that the Houston Police Department hopes will cut the time it takes to test suspects for alcohol use after an accident.
The program will run for 40 days. [...]
Students Injured in Pasadena, Texas School Bus Accident-Houston Injury Lawyers
It seems like Houston injury lawyers are seeing a sudden rash of school bus accidents. The latest one has just occurred in Pasadena. The accident involved a bus carrying students of Bondy Intermediate School to their morning classes. The bus collided with a pickup truck. There were 44 students on board. Of these, 13 were [...]
Head-on Crash Kills 2 Angleton High School Students and Hallettsville Man-Texas Accident Lawyers
Feelings of disbelief and sorrow filled the halls of Angleton High School on Thursday when friends learned that two of their classmates were killed in a head-on collision the night before. According to the news story, siblings Hayley and Ross Wedelich, ages 15 and 16, respectively, were on their way to the San Antonio Livestock [...]
Harris County Killer Roads are Some of the Most Dangerous in the Country–Texas Auto Accident Lawyers
As car accident lawyers in Harris County, we have long been aware of the fact that I-45 is one of the deadliest stretches of road in the state. Data from the Department of Transportation corroborates this fact.
The data shows that I-45 is the ninth deadliest stretch of road in the country. Between 1994 and 2008, [...]
Houston Firefighter’s Daughter Killed in Harris County Drunk Driving Accident–Texas Injury Lawyers
It was a somber weekend over at Station 8 of the CyFair Volunteer Fire Department. The daughter of the fire captain was killed in an alcohol-related car accident last week.
Christa Rodriguez was in her boyfriend’s car, and they were pulling into a fast food restaurant when the car was struck by a pick up truck. [...]
7 Car Accident in Pearland Leaves 2 Dead–Texas Injury Lawyers
Pearland Police report that an older model Chevrolet truck drifted into oncoming traffic on Highway 35 around 6:30am this morning. He hit several cars and then hit another truck head on. Both trucks ended up in a ditch along the road and caught fire. The driver of the Chevrolet was trapped in his truck and [...]
Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Recommends Report on Wrongfully Convicted Persons Exonerated Through DNA Testing
Not even a Houston criminal defense lawyer would be able to tell you what it must feel like for a person wrongfully convicted of a serious crime, to be finally exonerated through DNA testing. Yet, wrongful convictions are more frequent than we care to think about.
The Innocence Project profiles 250 wrongfully convicted people who have [...]
Kinder Morgan Tugboat Sinks in the Houston Ship Channel-Texas Injury Lawyers
A 56-foot tugboat named the JR Nichols sunk at approximately 10:30pm last night in the Houston Ship Channel. Four of the five individuals were pulled from the water by LyondellBasell rescue team and then were transported to a local hospital. The United States Coast Guard and the Houston Police Dive Team are currently searching the [...]
