Record-setting verdicts & settlements for our clients

In 2000, Firestone Tire announced a recall of millions of steel-belted radial tires due to a risk of tread separations. The tires were installed on Ford Explorers. After the tire failures, the Explorers often lost control and rolled over. Thousands of cases were filed against Ford and Firestone resulting from these product defects. John Ramsey was counsel for over 100 individuals and their families who were injured or killed as a result of these products.

Represented 11 members of a youth group from a church in Oklahoma who suffered severe injuries when the tread separated from their tire, causing their 15-passenger van to lose control and roll over.

Husband and Wife clients suffered 3rd-degree burns to over 60% of their bodies from a propane explosion. Their propane tank was improperly over-filled by an unlicensed and uncertified employee. The propane expanded in the summer heat, released through the pressure relief valve, and ignited when coming into contact with a nearby ignition source.

Approximately 51 days before the fire, our client purchased a new muffler manufactured by IMCO. As he was driving from San Antonio, Texas to visit family out of state, his vehicle was suddenly engulfed in flames as he was traveling at highway speeds. He suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to over 55% of his body. After a thorough investigation, we determined the muffler suffered a seam failure, which caused the fire. We hired fire consultants, professional engineers, and metallurgists to perform testing on exemplar mufflers, which revealed the defect in the subject muffler. The case was tried to a jury in San Antonio, Texas.