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This gross negligence case, No. 01-18-01085-CV, was tried in the Court of Appeals for the First Judicial District in Houston. The motor vehicle accident under scrutiny occurred in December 2015 when dump truck driver, Martinez crashed an overloaded Lone Star Disposal dump truck into an ambulance, severely injuring senior paramedic Kwas. Kwas was tending to…

A 36-year-old woman was seriously injured when a tractor-trailer plowed into the passenger side of her truck, pushing it more than 600 feet. The tractor-trailer was being operated by a commercial driver employed by the tractor’s owner. The officer investigating the crash determined the only factors contributing to the crash were committed by the commercial…

Rob Ammons has successfully concluded a product defect lawsuit filed against Cooper Tire & Rubber Company on behalf of a 30-year-old man who was severely injured when the 1995 Ford Bronco he was the passenger in rolled over, due to the Pro Comp Xterrain tire separating from the carcass. It was alleged in the lawsuit…

Rob Ammons has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Texas man who was seriously injured while exiting Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. Following a show at the park, the man was traveling in the parking lot toward the exit when a vehicle cut in front of him. To avoid a collision, the man steered to…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS Theodore Doe, early 50s, a laborer, was driving his Saturn on March 2, 2000.  The car was designed, manufactured and marketed by General Motors Corp.  On that date, his vehicle was struck by a Pontiac Bonneville.  The Saturn’s seat back allegedly failed, resulting in severe injuries.  Doe alleged that the vehicle was unreasonably and dangerously defective and that it…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS: On April 7, 2002, plaintiffs’ decedent Meenakshi Doe, 50s, was operating a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound on I-10 when she lost control of the vehicle and it rolled over. Doe’s survivors sued Daimler Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Joe Kerley Lincoln-Mercury, San Jose, Calif., alleging that defects in the design and manufacture of the vehicle…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS: On April 6, 2003, plaintiffs’ decedent William Doe, 22, a carpenter, was operating his 1974 Chevrolet pickup northbound on FM 1485 in Conroe when his truck was broadsided by a another pickup truck driven by Cindy Jackson.  Doe’s pickup burst into flames, killing him. Doe’s estate and his survivors, sued General Motors Corp., makers of the Chevrolet…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS Plaintiffs Inaudito Doe, a 37-year-old manual laborer, and Jose Smith, a 19-year-old manual laborer, were passengers in a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck traveling on Interstate 35 West in Denton.  The right rear Firestone Cornell steel-belted 40 tire, size P205/75R14M/S, allegedly suffered tread separation, resulting in loss of control and ultimately roll-over of the truck, according to plaintiff attorney…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS In August 2001, plaintiff Francisco Sarao, 24, a Mexican citizen, fell 30 feet when his safety harness gave way while he was trimming trees in Weslaco.  An investigation determined that Sarao fell because a safety ring broke on the used Buckingham 2000m Lineman’s Belt that his employer had purchased from a Cash America Pawn shop. Sarao sued Cash America…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS Floyd Doe, a 42-year-old train conductor for Union Pacific, was injured on Aug. 8, 1995, while working as a conductor on a Missouri Pacific locomotive in Arkansas. The engineer was a Union Pacific employee.  While coming out of a 55-mph curve leading to a gated railroad crossing, the train encountered a truck and low-boy trailer,…