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November 8, 2024 Ammons Law Firm Secures $8.4 Million Verdict Against Hankook Tire in McLennan County Tire Defect Case

WACO, TX – A McLennan County jury has delivered a record-setting $8.4 million verdict against Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. and Hankook Tire America Corp., reportedly the largest product liability verdict in McLennan County history. Rob Ammons, John Gsanger, April Strahan, and Matthew McKinnon of The Ammons Law Firm, along with local counsel Derrel…

September 21, 2020 The Ammons Law Firm Wins Over $1.5 Million for Client Against Lone Star Disposal

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…

March 12, 2020 Texas Woman Obtains Compensation from Stevens Transport Inc.

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…

February 4, 2020 Cooper Tire Compensates Victim of Tread Separation Crash

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…

September 19, 2019 Lawsuit Filed Against City of Grand Prairie and Entities Owning Lone Star Park after Pipe Gate End Penetrates through Man’s Vehicle

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…

April 27, 2015 Motorists Claimed Defective Tire Design Caused Tread Separation

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,…

April 27, 2015 Defective Airbag Hits Passenger In Face After Low Speed Impact

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,…

April 27, 2015 Product Defect Attorney Settles Suit Against Ford in Deadly Rollover

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….

April 27, 2015 Motor Carrier Pays for Trucker’s Negligence

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….

April 27, 2015 Pipe-Lift Elevator Fell on Roughnecks Foot

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff was a roughneck working on a jack-up rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While tripping the pipe out of the drilling hole, the brakes on the pipe-lift elevator failed. It dropped onto Bernard’s foot, dragged him across the floor, and threw him against the draw works. Bernard sued his employer, R…