Media Attention
The Ammons Law Firm is a personal injury trial firm committed exclusively to representing clients who have been injured or have died at the hands of someone’s negligence. In an effort to prevent these injuries from happening to others, we connect with media sources to inform the public. We also provide reenactment animation to show, in detail, the possible facts of any given scenario.
Rollover,
I (3
mb WMF)
A sixteen-year-old who
flipped her 1998 Ford Explorer after over correcting the vehicle, is suing
Ford over the accident. She is now living paralized from the waist down.
Rollover,
II (5.9
mb WMF)
Post-trial
news. Ford did eventually award the sixteen-year-old driver and her family
an undisclosed amount.
Roof
Crush (33.6
mb WMF)
A husband
and father was killed on his daughter's 17th birthday when the roof of his
vehicle collapsed during a rollover crash. Advocates are now pursuing governmental
agencies and the auto industry to change certain rules and regulations that
are not only insufficient, but also decades old.
Tread
Separation (9.4 mb WMF)
A family driving on aged, but new-looking
tires along a major interstate, was involved in a treacherous roll over.
Tread separation was ruled as the cause. One of the passengers lost the use
of her right arm because it was pinned underneath the vehicle as it slid along
the roadway's gravel. shoulder.
Tread
Separation (12.4 mb
WMF)
A little girl was killed in a SUV roll over. It is believed that
the tire tread separated from the tire body as the family traveled down the
highway. Tire maker BF Goodrich claims
nothing is wrong with their tires. Advocates have been denied access to other
tire problem reports, due to the efforts of certain tire makers.
Bad
Door Latch (14.3 mb
WMF)
A young girl was killed when she was thrown out of the vehicle she was driving,
then crushed beneath it. Tests show that, upon impact, doors come open on Ford
F-150 vehicles. Ford's own engineers found the design error and then recommended
a recall. Ford Motor Company officials cancelled the recall, citing a 1967
test which deemed the latch mechanism "safe".
Air
Bags Failing to Deploy (17.6 mb
WMF)
Young man spent two weeks in a coma following a crash during which his head
impacted the steering wheel. The air bag never deployed. A houston mother was
hit head on by a drunk driver. She died a day later in the hospital. Crysler
automotive claims not all crashes should deploy air bags.
Drunk
Driver Kills Law Enforcement Officer (16.3 mb
WMF)
Deputy Constable, working as a security officer for a early morning road work
crew, was killed on site after being hit by a drunk driver. Equipment called
a "TMA" should have been used by roadway construction company to protect those
working on the roadway.
Treads
separate from tire (13.5
mb WMF)
Cooper Tires has recalled their Dominator Sport model because of tread separation,
though they claim there are no defects. Two men
where left with brain injury, and one man was killed, following two separate
rollover accidents associated with Cooper Tire tread separation. NHSTA asks
that people who experience a Cooper Tire tread separation, report it at 1888-327-4236.
