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What Some Jury Members and Clients
-Michael G., Former Client
Houston, Tx
-Veronica A., Former Client
Houston, Tx
"I would like to thank you all, for all your help in our case on behalf of my family and myself, ya'll did a great job and are great persons! Thank You"
Carrolton, Tx
"I just want to thank you for all the hard work on my case. The case moved efficiently and everyone involved made sure my every need was met. I do want to say that Anjali Nigam was one of the best advocates I had. She was perfect in every aspect. I have a new lease on life now because of what you and The Ammons Law Firm achieved for me. Thank you, that’s all I have to try and explain how grateful I am. Thank you for fighting as hard as I fought to stay alive. – God Bless!"
Spring, Tx
"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."
Mansfield, La
"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."
Conneaut, Oh
Lumberton, Tx
Del Rio, Tx
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
Mineral Wells, Tx
"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
Mt. Belvieu, Tx
"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
Miami Gardens, Fl
-Teressa H., Jury member
Transocean Oil Rig Explosion
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BP Oil Executives Start the Blame Game on Capital Hill
BP directs blame for the blowout at Transocean, the rig's owner and overseer of the operation of the blowout preventer, a stack of pipes and valves designed to close off the flow of oil in case of a sudden pressure change.
BP's stock was down about 1.5 percent in early London trading. Company shares have fallen more 15 percent since the rig blast on April 20, wiping about $30 billion from its market value.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce says its investigation of the fatal Deepwater Horizon accident has raised five areas where it appears BP may have put cost above safety:
- Using a single length of production pipe in the well.
- Using too few "centralizers"
to keep the producing pipe centered.
- Failure to run a test called a cement bond log to evaluate a cement job.
- Failure to clear debris from
the well by circulating drilling mud through it.
- Failure to lock down the wellhead.
Coast Guard Responding To Second Oil Rig Accident In Louisiana
Kris Alingod - AHN News Contributor
New Orleans, LA, United States (AHN) - The Coast Guard is responding to an overturned oil rig off the coast of Louisiana even as federal and local officials race to clean up a massive spill from the explosion of a BP/Transocean drilling platform.
A mobile inland drilling unit capsized in the Charenton navigational canal south of Highway 90, according to a Coast Guard statement. The rig has a capacity of 20,000 gallons of diesel, but the Coast Guard said over the weekend that it is not leaking fuel.
Nevertheless, a containment boom 500 feet long has been deployed around the platform as a precaution. Officials have also established a 1,000-yard safety zone. A salvage plan is being developed and the investigation of the accident continues.
The Coast Guard has about 2,000 personnel and more than 100 vessels helping contain a spill following the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon, a mobile offshore drilling unit owned by Transocean.
The blast occurred 52 miles off the coast of Venice and left three workers critically injured and 11 missing.
More than 1 million gallons of an oil-water mix have been recovered from the Deepwater Horizon spill, the Coast Guard said. The departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Interior and Commerce are working with the Environmental Protection Agency and governors of Gulf states stop the leak and save wildlife.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sunday said it closed commercial and recreational fishing in federal waters affected by the spill, mostly Louisiana waters at the mouth of the Mississippi river to waters off Florida's Pensacola Bay.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has activated the state National Guard to help respond to the spill and about 600 guardsmen will help with clean-up efforts for 90 days.
People along the Gulf Coast braced for environmental damage and disruption to businesses, such as the rich shrimp and oyster fisheries along southern Louisiana. President Obama said he will commit "every single resource" the federal government had available to combat the spill, as the military began mobilizing Thursday to help prevent environmental damage.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the spill which occured after an explosion on the Transocean oil rig.
ABOUT TRANSOCEAN
Type Public (NYSE: RIG)
Industry Oil Equipment & Services
Founded 1973 as Sonat Offshore
Headquarters Houston, Texas
Key people Steven Newman, Chief Executive Officer
Products Drilling
Oil and Gas Exploration
Revenue $12.674 Billion (2008)
Net income $4.202 billion (2008)
Employees 26,300 (2008)
Website www.deepwater.com
Transocean is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor and the leading provider of drilling management services worldwide. With a fleet of 140 mobile offshore drilling units plus three ultra-deepwater units under construction, the company's fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile in the world due to its emphasis on technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business. Its worldwide fleet is more than twice the size of the next-largest competitor. The company owns or operates a contract drilling fleet of 46 High-Specification Floaters (Ultra-Deepwater, Deepwater and Harsh-Environment semisubmersibles and drillships), 26 Midwater Floaters, 10 High-Specification Jackups, 55 Standard Jackups and other assets utilized in the support of offshore drilling activities worldwide.
Safety History
Oil platform workers typically stay on oil platforms for two weeks at a time, followed by two weeks on land. It can be a difficult business. Since 2001, there have been 69 offshore deaths, 1,349 injured and 858 fires and explosions in the Gulf of Mexico according to the federal Minerals Management Service.
Contact Information
Coast Guard hotline for next of kin: 1-832-587-8554
MARITIME LAW
If you have been injured at sea while working on an oil rig, oil drilling ship, semi-submersible, crew boat, or oil supply ship, you may have a claim for money damages under Federal Maritime law.
The Jones Act and the general maritime law create rights for damages against your employer which includes coverage for all medical expenses. When you are injured through the negligence of your employer, you may be entitled for compensation for lost past and future wages, pain and suffering, disfigurement, future medical expenses, and costs of retraining. Because of the physical demands placed on offshore workers, injuries that leave a worker less than 100 percent fit may make them unfit for duty. There are few light duty jobs for workers on an oil rig, oil supply ship or crew boat.
In most instances, jack up rigs, floating oil rigs, and lay barges that move from location to location are vessels in navigation and create rights under the Jones Act for workers injured while working aboard these structures. In most cases, the Jones Act provides more liberal damages than damages available to workers on fixed production platforms who are limited by compensation under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
Common injuries after oil rig explosions include:
- Burns
- Lacerations
- Brain injury from blasts
- Exposure to toxic and dangerous chemicals
- Loss of hearing
- Loss of limbs
- Spine injury from falls
ABOUT THE JONES ACT
Oil rig workers face many dangers while working 1shifts that can exceed
12 hours or more. The conditions are often very dangerous work
environments. Workers must endure dangerously extreme weather, all
while working under extreme pressure. Many times, workers will travel
from platform to platform across rough waters, servicing multiple
stations a day.
The Jones Act protects the rights of oil rig workers as
well as the rights of those who work on jack-up rigs, barges, drill
ships, crew boats, and other moveable vessels. Under maritime law,
oil rigs are considered vessels and that means protection for people
injured while working on an oil rig.
A February report by Forbes magazine listed working on an
oil rig as one of the top ten worst jobs for 2010. They came to their
conclusion by evaluating several different jobs by set criteria which
consisted of work environment, physical demands, stress, median
income, and hiring outlook. Oil rig work came in low due to the high
amounts of stress, physical demand, and onsite hazards. Many of these
hazards associated with the job could result in severe injury or
death. That in turn would result in high medical costs due to any of
the following:
* Hospitalization
* Long Term Rehabilitation
* In-Home Care
* Lost Wages and Earning Capacity
* Future physical or emotional health complications
associated with the injury
* Medication
* Emotional and financial counseling for the worker
and his family
* Vocational Rehabilitation
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. And Wal-Mart Sued After Fatal Tread Separation Rollover
Release dateline: May 20, 2013
Attorney Rob Ammons Files Lawsuit Against Drunk Driver after Hit-and-Run Collision
Release dateline: May 20, 2013
Strake Jesuit - AMMONS PLACES 3RD IN 3200 AT STATE MEET
Release dateline: May 19, 2013
Ammons’ medals at State Track Meet
Release dateline: May 15, 2013
Attorney Rob Ammons Files Suit Against Sam’s Club and Grill Maker after Propane Explosion
Release dateline: May 8, 2013
Personal Watercraft Owner Pays after Fatal Lake Accident
Release dateline: May 8, 2013
Chemical Safety Board Deploying to West Fertilizer Plant Accident
Release dateline: April 17, 2013
Suit Filed Against Bell Helicopter Following Fatal Helicopter Crash
Release dateline: April 17, 2013
Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Ford and Cooper Tire after Fatal Rollover
Release dateline: March 8, 2013
Commercial Trucking Company Compensates Crash Victims
Release dateline: March 8, 2013
Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Ford in Deadly Rollover
Release dateline: March 6, 2013
Ford Compensates Woman Injured In Rollover of Defective Explorer
Release dateline: March 6, 2013
FedEx Pays in Fatal Pedestrian Accident
Release dateline: February 8, 2013
Nightclub Pays After Fatal Crash Caused by Drunk Teen Patron
Release dateline: February 8, 2013
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Sued Following Fatal Crash
Release dateline: January 17, 2013
General Motors Compensates Family of Rollover Victim
Release dateline: December 21, 2012
Wells Fargo Pays in ATM Assault
Release dateline: December 21, 2012
Ford Pays Family After Deadly Rollover
Release dateline: December 21, 2012
Trucking Company Compensates Heirs of Landscaper Killed by 18-Wheeler
Release dateline: December 19, 2012
General Motors and Continental Tire Pay in Fatal Rollover
Release dateline: December 5, 2012
Ford Pays Family After Deadly Rollover
Release dateline: December 5, 2012
Concrete Company Compensates Injured Motorists Struck by Cement Mixer
Release dateline: November 15, 2012
Local Trucking Company Pays in Tractor-Trailer Crash Fatality
Release dateline: November 15, 2012
Drilling Rig Accident Attorney Rob Ammons Files Lawsuit Against BP
Release dateline: November 6, 2012
Cooper Tire and Ford Compensate Couple Injured in Highway Crash
Release dateline: November 6, 2012
Attorney Rob Ammons Files Suit Against Toyota and Safelite After Double-Fatality Rollover
Release dateline: October 18, 2012
General Motors Compensates Family of Woman Killed in SUV Rollover
Release dateline: October 10, 2012
SUV Rollover Attorney Rob Ammons Settles Suit Against Ford After Fatal Rollover
Release dateline: October 3, 2012
Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Toyota in Deadly Pickup Crash
Release dateline: October 3, 2012
Ford Motor Company Sued After Explorer Sport Trac Proves Uncrashworthy in Rollover
Release dateline: October 3, 2012
Workplace Negligence Attorney Rob Ammons Files Lawsuitfor Wife and Children of Worker Crushed by Crane
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
Tire Defect Attorney Rob Ammons Files Suit Against Michelin and Tire Shop After Old Tire Causes Wreck
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Sued Following Fatal Tread Separation Rollover
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
Employer Compensates Motorist Rear-Ended by its Driver
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
General Motors Pays in Case of Brain Injured Woman
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
Bridgestone, Tire Shop and Ford Sued After Fatal Rollover
Release dateline: September 26, 2012
Rob Ammons was selected by his peers to be included in the Best Lawyers in America, 19th Edition.
Release dateline: September 18, 2012
Ford and Cooper Pay Heirs of Man Killed In Rollover
Release dateline: September 18, 2012
Brain-Injured Wrecker Driver Compensated in Trucking Accident
Release dateline: August 13, 2012
The 2012 recipient of the Wade-Ammons “Stepping into My Destiny Scholarship” is Jalicia Hines.
Release dateline: August 10, 2012
Ford can't "Escape" SUV recall, investigation
Release dateline: July 27, 2012
Ford Recalls 421,000 Escapes
Release dateline: July 27, 2012
Michelin recalls 841,000 BFGoodrich and Uniroyal light commercial tires for tread separation
Release dateline: July 27, 2012
Suit Filed Against Tire Retailer After Tread Separation Kills Three
Release dateline: July 17, 2012
Rollover Caused by Failure of Recalled Tire Spurs Lawsuit against Bridgestone and Ford
Release dateline: July 17, 2012
Lawsuit Filed Against Trucking Company And Its Driver in Deadly Rural Crash
Release dateline: July 17, 2012
Feds fine Volvo $1.5 million for delayed recalls
Release dateline: July 7, 2012
Teen auto accident deaths highest on the 4th of July
Release dateline: July 7, 2012
GM recalls Chevy Cruze because of fire hazard, welding defect
Release dateline: July 3, 2012
Jeep Investigation is Growing
Release dateline: June 19, 2012
Rob Ammons Speaks With KHOU 11 About Aging Tires
Release dateline: June 19, 2012
Tire Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Michelin in Double-Fatality Rollover
Release dateline: June 15, 2012
Chrysler recalling 2011 and 2012 Chrysler 300s and Dodge Chargers over ABS/ESC defect
Release dateline: June 7, 2012
Chrysler recalling 68,000 Jeep Wranglers due to fire hazard
Release dateline: June 7, 2012
GM threatens delay tactics, strong arms widow to drop punitive damages claim in lawsuit over tire tread separation-related crash
Release dateline: May 29, 2012
Utah Community helps local teen paralyzed by freak accident
Release dateline: May 29, 2012
Feds propose anti-rollover technology requirement for U.S. trucks and buses
Release dateline: May 22, 2012
Spinal cord injury research symposium details advances in treatment
Release dateline: May 22, 2012
Highway accident deaths reach historic low; safety improvements credited as one reason
Release dateline: May 22, 2012
Drug shows promise for spinal cord injury patients suffering pain, sleep disturbances
Release dateline: May 11, 2012
Tire manufacturer settles lawsuit after being sanctioned for discovery abuse
Release dateline: May 11, 2012
Chron.com: Strake Jesuit's Griffin, Ammons celebrate after making state
Release dateline: May 8, 2012
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. And Pep Boys Sued After Tread Separation Rollover Injures Four
Release dateline: May 7, 2012
R. J. Ammons Earned A Berth In The State Track Meet
Release dateline: May 3, 2012
Experimental Neuroprosthesis Shows Promise For Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Release dateline: May 2, 2012
Montana jury finds tire tread separation caused accident, holds Ford responsible
Release dateline: May 2, 2012
Suit Filed Against Goodyear After Old Tire Causes Crash
Release dateline: April 25, 2012
Michelin recalls 77,000 tires for safety problem.
Release dateline: April 23, 2012
Nissan is also recalling certain model year 2003-2005 Infiniti Q45 vehicles because a wiring connector for the seat-mounted airbags may experience increased electrical resistance over time.
Release dateline: April 20, 2012
Rollover Attorney Rob Ammons Files Suit Against Ford After Ford Expedition’s Roof Paralyzes Driver
Release dateline: April 9, 2012
Children of Man Electrocuted by Whirlpool Washing Machine Compensated
Release dateline: April 9, 2012
Bridgestone Pays in Tread Separation Case
Release dateline: April 9, 2012
Suit Filed Against GM After Defective Trailblazer Causes Catastrophic Injuries
Release dateline: April 4, 2012
U.P.S. Pays for Fiery Fatality
Release dateline: April 4, 2012
Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Continental and Ford in Double Fatality Rollover Crash
Release dateline: March 1, 2012
Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Ford in Deadly Rollover Crash
Release dateline: February 28, 2012
Product Defect Attorney Rob Ammons Files Suit Against Ford Motor Company in Rollover of Uncrashworthy Explorer Sport Trac
Release dateline: February 28, 2012
"Be Smart, Be Safe": Goodyear Tire Recall
Release dateline: 2/27/12
Goodyear Recalls Wrangler Silent Armor Tires
Release dateline: February 27, 2012
US Probes Door Fires In 2006, 2007 TrailBlazers
Release dateline: February 13, 2012
Lawsuit Filed Against Trucking Company And Driver
Release dateline: January 5, 2012
Workplace Negligence Attorney Settles Fatal Scaffolding Collapse Lawsuit
Release dateline: January 5, 2012
Suit Filed Against Cooper After Tread Sepearation Causes Deadly Rollover
Release dateline: January 4, 2012
Article - Update On The Ammons Law Firm Scholarship Recepient Devon Wade.
Release dateline: December 21, 2011
Explosion Attorney Rob Ammons Talks to NBC News About Dangerous Pressure Vessels
Release dateline: May 20, 2011
