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"Thank you very much for all the work that you did on our behalf. I really appreciate everything that you all did, as well as your professionalism and the timely manner in which you got things done.
Also, please give our thanks to your staff who were so helpful when we had questions! If we have need of your services or if we know anyone else who does anytime in the future, we will certainly give you a call! Thank you again for everything."
"A little over two years ago I received a telephone call that all parents dread to hear. The person on the other line simply said, “Your daughter has been in an accident”. Well here I was 1500 miles away from her , trying to absorb the rest of the conversation, trying to stay focused enough to get the details. Shortly after I arrived in Texas my lovely daughter of 38 years passed away from injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident.
I won’t continue this story, however what I will say is, when things calmed down a little, I knew I must become a voice for my daughter. Though a chain of events our family was introduced to the Ammons Law Firm of Houston, Texas.
From the first initial contact with Mr. Robert Ammons and his staff, I hung up the telephone feeling as if I and my family were in good hands. We had constant contact from Ohio to Texas via the telephone and the computer for two years. The staff made all the arrangements anytime I had to fly to Texas and made sure I had comfortable accommodations while I was there.
My family and I were kept abreast of the progress for our case on a regular basis. Anytime I had any questions, the staff was polite, informative, and punctual with the answers.
I am very satisfied with the level of concern and commitment Mr. Ammons and his staff displayed from the beginning to the conclusion of our association.
I would highly recommend this law firm to anyone who might be seeking one.
Thank You Mr. Ammons and your staff."
This was my first case to be on a jury. I really connected to the attorneys and the family."
Bennett cares for the well being of my children and me, and is truly sincere. During the two years of my lawsuit and throughout the trial, Bennett was there to answer any questions or concerns I had. I am grateful for all of his hard work, advice, and support.
The Ammons Law Firm believed in my late husband and what I was fighting for. They brought out the truth, and brought justice to his name. The friendships that were made with the attorneys of the Ammons Law Firm will be life long. I could not have done this without them."
-Candee P., Former client
"I was totally happy with Rob Ammons and the lawyers at the Ammons Law Firm. Rob Ammons went the extra mile. I am beside myself. I feel so good with the settlement they obtained."
-Christopher R., Former Client
"Thank you for everything, this [incident] has been the worst thing that can ever happen to anyone. But thank God we have a great support system. Again thank you sooo much from the bottom of our hearts."
-Monica S., Former Client
-Teressa H., Jury member
Print pageAir Bags Defects
Rob Ammons Talks to NBC News About Defective Airbags09/17/2010 7:31 AM
By Robert Arnold, KPRC:
"I was like, 'Did we have a party?' He was like, 'No, you were in a wreck,' and it all came down on me," said Haltom. "I don't even remember being in a wreck. I don't remember being in a hospital."
Last November, an undiagnosed medical problem called arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, caused Haltom to have a seizure and veer off a Liberty County road into a tree. Her head slammed into the steering wheel when her air bag did not go off. Haltom suffered a brain injury and facial fractures.
"I can feel this side is bigger because I had surgery done. It was broke, the rest was fractured," said Haltom while referring to the right side of her head.
Haltom also suffered an eye injury.
"This side is mostly dead. I can't see out of the side of my eye," said Haltom.
Shortly after the accident, Haltom's family suspected something was wrong. Despite having a severe front-end collision, the driver's side air bag on Haltom's pick up did not deploy, but the passenger side air bag did go off and likely spared Haltom's mother from serious injury.
When one air bag deploys, but the other does not, it's referred to as a split deployment.
Years of crash tests show us the clear benefits of air bags. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , which sets standards for the automotive industry and investigates defects, reports that 22,500 lives have been saved by ai rbags since 1998.
NHTSA also reports that in 2006, air bags deployed in 1.1 million crashes nationwide. Yet, two years ago, Local 2 Investigates uncovered several head-on crashes involving all different makes and models of cars and trucks where attorneys and victims argued air bags should have gone off, but did not.
"Every day, I have to wake up thinking about how I'm not the same, you know?" said Elmer Parada during an interview with Local 2 in February 2008.
Parada suffered head injuries during a front-end collision in which the driver's side air bag did not deploy, but the passenger side air bag did go off.
"It's not happening enough to where it gets the attention that you see that really sparks the interest of the Congress or the media," said attorney Rob Ammons, who represents both Haltom and Parada.
Ammons argues the federal government is not doing enough to investigate "split deployment" cases. Rather, Ammons said he believes the government relies on what he calls the "body count" method.
"Once the death count reaches a certain level, it gets Congress' attention and there's a big effort and a hoopla one might say," said Ammons.
After Local 2's story aired two years ago, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety published the findings of a study in a March 2009 status report.
The institute looked at a sample of fatal front-end crash cases logged in nationwide accident databases and determined from the sample "an estimated 50 to 100 deaths per year involving potential air bag failures. It's 1 to 2 percent of all deaths of front-seat occupants in frontal crashes."
While considered an extremely low number, the institute's senior epidemiologist, Elisa Braver, was quoted in the report stating, "Still, it's hundreds of deaths during the years of our study, and we need to see if they could have been avoided."
Ammons worries cases are getting overlooked. The institute's study only involved fatal front-end crashes, not front-end crashes involving those who suffered injuries but survived. Ammons said every time he handles one of these cases, he submits all the information to NHTSA.
"God love them, you give them the information and either they're overloaded or they don't respond for one reason or another," said Ammons.
For victims like Haltom, she wonders if no one finds out exactly what happened in her case, then it can happen again.
"They should, you know, like they should get in big trouble, but I don't know, be miracle if they do," said Haltom, whose case was settled out of court with the automaker under a confidential agreement.
Ammons informed Local 2 on Tuesday morning that he received a call from NHTSA asking for more information about Haltom's case.
When Local 2 spoke with NHTSA officials, they offered no comment on the institute's study.
NHTSA officials also pointed out it has only received 49 complaints of split deployment, or what the government refers to as "asynchronous deployment" since 1997.
NHTSA officials could not say whether an investigation determined an exact cause in any of those cases. NHTSA officials said they don't believe the number of reported potential air bag problems shows a pervasive problem.
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