Posts in Case Results

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: On Sept. 23, 2004, plaintiffs’ decedent Teodoro Doe Jr., 24, a farmhand, lost control of his 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix while traveling south on I-25 in Dona Ana County.  The car left the road and overturned.  The plaintiffs claimed that the driver door opened during the rollover, and Doe was ejected.  He sustained fatal injuries. The car’s…

June 8, 2010 Houston, Tx.: A Harris county jury today found the company that constructed, engineered and installed a Cleburne natural gas processing plant negligent in the death of a Mineral Wells, Texas man.  Hanover Compression LP, now known as Exterran Energy Solutions LP of Houston was ordered to pay $82.5 million dollars in damages to the deceased’s family, together…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS: Cynthia Doe, a 49-year-old music teacher and church choir director, was traveling on I-45 near Texas City when her Ford Explorer’s left rear tire had a tread separation which led to loss of control of the vehicle and rollover.  Doe’s seat belt inertially unlatched and she was ejected from the vehicle, suffering injuries to both legs. Clarence Doe, a passenger,…

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS: On Christmas Day 2002, Veronica Doe, 19, was riding in the right front seat of a 1994 Ford Aspire, which went into a ditch in Harris County.  The passenger airbag deployed in the low-speed frontal impact, and Doe was injured.  Doe sued Ford Motor Co., alleging that there were several clear defects in the car’s airbag system.  First,…

The Ammons Law Firm has successfully negotiated the settlement of a wrongful death case against Ford on behalf of the Estate, husband and four sons of a 47-year-old Texas woman who was killed in a rollover crash. The woman was the right front passenger in a 2001 Ford Expedition when another vehicle entered its path….

The Ammons Law Firm negotiated a cash settlement in a negligence lawsuit against a local trucking company on behalf of a 26-year-old Texas man. The man was operating his Isuzu Trooper II on a state highway when a large dump truck loaded with pea gravel and traveling on the same roadway began spilling its load….