The Texas Legislature will be considering a new drinking driver law early next year according to reports. The new law “driving while ability impaired” would allow charges to be filed against people with a blood-alcohol content of less than the current .08 limit. The prospects of such a law passing in Texas are not probably [...]
The holidays are approaching and many companies have office parties as a way to celebrate the Christmas season and upcoming New Year. Often, alcoholic beverages are served and in some instances over-served. One might ask the question what responsibility does the company have to ensure that its employees do not become intoxicated and get behind [...]
It is the second time in the last few weeks that a Texas driver has been sentenced to life in prison over a drunk driving accident. A few weeks ago, a multiple offender was sentenced to life in prison after a non-injury accident that happened in his driveway. A jury came up with the punishment. [...]
Most of the deadly, frightening roadways accidents occurring in Texas have one thing in common and that is the drivers being drunk. This is a very unfortunate yet prevalent thing in Texas. Unfortunately, Texas leads the nation in drunk driving fatal accidents. A recent instance happened on a Saturday night when a teenage girl hit [...]
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has indicated that Houston will implement “no refusal weekends” every weekend for the next three years. The program was made possible by funding from a federal grant. Under the program anyone suspected of being over the limit can be forced to submit to blood tests if they refuse to [...]
Although there is a national awareness of the dangers of drunk driving thanks to organizations such as M.A.D.D. (Mothers against Drunk Driving) it is still at unfortunate epidemic levels across the country and the result is often death for innocent victims. This is certainly true on Houston area roads. And a local Houston family is [...]
In recent news reports, the case of a young Houston-area woman who has been terribly injured by a driver who apparently has been arrested under suspicion of drunken driving is outlined. The 19-year-old woman has suffered traumatic brain injury in an accident on 61st St. near Interstate 45 in Galveston. The young woman is a [...]
For those who thought we could all agree in principal on something – that one idea would be universally accepted – think again. In all my years of practicing personal injury law I believed that everyone, everywhere thought that driving while intoxicated is wrong. Sure, it still happens all the time. Some statistics place the [...]
The Houston Police Department recently reported that a suspect in a fatal Houston car accident was arrested for being intoxicated at the time of the accident. The defendant has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter in connection with allegations that he caused the death of a 54-year-old local woman. The fatal Houston car accident occurred on [...]
Sadly in Houston last night a young mother perished in a tragic accident on FM 2100 in North East Houston. According to reports, the accident took place about nine in the evening when witnesses saw a white pickup truck leaving in traffic. After crashing into one car the pickup truck kept going and hit another [...]
