Archive for May, 2010
Safety Groups Team up to Prevent Deaths of Children Left Unattended in Cars – Texas Child Injury Lawyers
Between 1998 and 2009, there were 445 child fatalities involving children left unattended in vehicles, and dying from heat stroke. A group of more than 40 organizations including Safe Kids USA and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is pooling in efforts to ensure that such deaths don’t occur again.
About 50% of the fatalities occurred because [...]
Antilock Brakes Can Help Minimize Motorcycle Accident Rates – Texas Injury Attorneys
Last year, more than 5,000 people were killed in motorcycle crashes in the US. That was a record since gathering of motorcycle accident data began in 1975. A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that motorcycles that come equipped with antilock braking systems, may have a much higher chance of avoiding [...]
Houston DWI Lawyers Strongly Oppose Forced Blood Draws
A Houston man who was severely beaten up by police officers for refusing to submit to a blood draw, is speaking about out about his experience. Houston DWI lawyers were shocked at the manner in which the man, Curtis Nelson was brutally and beaten by the police officers just because he refused a blood draw.
Nelson [...]
Several Children Injured in Houston Drunk Driving Accident – Texas Auto Accident Lawyers
Harris County’s reputation as one of the DWI capitals of the country, has always concerned Houston personal injury lawyers. Last week, it was the turn of a few innocent children traveling in their family car, to be injured in an accident caused by an intoxicated driver.
A drunk motorist driving a white Chevy truck crashed into [...]
CPSC Likely to Ban Drop Side Cribs – Texas Child Injury Lawyers
With the total death toll from suffocation/ entrapment accidents involving dropside cribs crossing 46 , there was really no other choice. Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that it would soon move towards a ban on the manufacture and sales of cribs with dropsides.
That announcement came after a series of multiple recalls, many [...]
Dramatic Increase in Number of Teen Accidents at Night in Harris County – Houston Injury Lawyers
The Texas Transportation Institute has released new statistics about nighttime teen accident rates. Across the country, there has been an increase of 10% in the number of fatal nighttime accidents involving teen motorists. When it comes to Texas and Harris County, the Transportation Institute has a particularly grim picture to paint.
In the state of Texas, [...]
CPSC Investigating Complaints of Severe Burns, Blisters from Using Pampers Cruisers/Swaddlers Diapers – Texas Product Liability Lawyers
As Houston personal injury lawyers and parents of small children ourselves, we are obviously hugely concerned with product safety, and monitor every recall or safety issue linked to children’s products. It makes us mad to think that companies might be treating our kids as lab rats when they introduce new products. Whether it’s lead-soaked toys [...]
Buckle up – It’s Click it or Ticket Time – Houston Auto Accident Lawyers
Wearing seatbelts is the number one piece of advice a Houston personal injury lawyer would offer in order to increase your chances of getting home safe. In May, you’re going to have even more incentive to buckle up. The Texas Department of Transportation recently kicked off its annual Click It or Ticket campaign. This campaign is [...]
Texas DWI Surcharge System Has Failed – Houston DWI Lawyers
Far from helping control DWI rates, a system in Texas that slaps steep surcharges on drunk driving offenders and others, has actually contributed to case backlogs in courts, and more numbers of DWI cases being dismissed. That opinion comes from a former McLennan County district court judge, David Hodges.
David Hodges told the Texas Public Safety [...]
Texas Court of Appeals Throws out Death Sentences for Two Men – Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
As Houston criminal defense lawyers, we believe that a valid appeals process strengthens our criminal justice system. This week, two convicted men who were on death row, had their death penalty sentences thrown out by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
On Wednesday, the court held that a jury that convicted Roy Gene Smith in 1990, [...]
