Personal Injury

The safety of a child is the most important thing for any parent, and safety is particularly top of mind when it comes to choosing a car seat. However, with the boom of online shopping and third-party sellers, experts have begun to warn of an explosion of untested and uncertified…

Child drownings are on the rise across the country, according to a study released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in early June. From 2014 to 2016, there were 363 pool or spa-related deaths in children under the age of 15. In 2016, that number increased to 389…

A neck injury causes not only tremendous pain and discomfort, but it can also significantly restrict a person’s movement. A neck injury could involve the spinal cord, soft tissue, or muscles in the neck. Certain neck injuries occur more frequently than others and are often reported after car accidents, slips…

Motorcycle accidents are fairly common in Houston. Every year, horrific crashes involving fatalities make the news. This leads many to think the number of motorcycle fatalities is on the rise. Is this true, though? Or is it simply a case of hearing more bad stories than good? In fact, for…

Six workers were pouring concrete on the seventh floor of a future Holiday Inn in Midtown Houston in July when the floor collapsed, dangerously dropping them 14 feet to the floor below and leaving them covered in debris. The partial building collapse left the workers seriously injured and struggling to…

A 7-year-old Houston boy was hospitalized Friday morning after being hit by a car while riding his scooter to school. The child was on Reseda heading to Clear Lake City Elementary with his brother when a vehicle hit him at an intersection. The boy was pinned under the vehicle, and…

Fisher-Price has issued a recall for about 4.7 million Rock ’n Play Sleepers after a Consumer Reports investigation revealed more than 30 babies had died in the sleepers since 2009. The recall alert, issued April 12, warned that unrestrained infants had rolled over from their backs onto their stomachs while…

Deer Park residents have been on high alert since Sunday, when a fire broke out at the Intercontinental Terminals Company plant on Independence Parkway, north of Highway 225, along the Houston Ship Channel. Dark smoke pummeled the air above the facility as a number of chemical tanks at the plant…

Every day, thousands of people check in and out of hotel rooms in Texas. It’s such a common experience that we rarely give much thought to what might happen if we are injured while staying at or visiting a hotel. In general, Texas law is pretty favorable to businesses, and…

Car accidents can be confusing and disorienting enough without the added danger of a construction zone. We are all familiar with signs that indicate an upcoming construction zone, which remind us of double (or triple) fines. What we are not told is that we are entering a potentially hazardous situation…